MOSCOW – Fighting in eastern Ukraine has escalated, killing at least three people overnight, injuring many more and trapping 200 coalminers underground.
The press office of the Ukrainian government’s operation in the east said on Jan. 31 that heavy shelling around Avdiyivka on the northern outskirts of the separatist stronghold of Donetsk has killed at least three troops and injured 20 more. The operation headquarters also reported an unspecified number of civilian casualties.
