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The war between Kyiv and Moscow-backed rebels has killed more than 10,000 people, rattled eastern Europe and plunged relations between the West and Russia to post-Cold War lows.

Here are five key facts about the 33-month conflict in Ukraine’s mainly Russian-speaking industrial east that has defied repeated international efforts to bring peace.

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