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Colonel  Andriy Lysenko, spokesperson for Ukraine’s Anti-Terrorism Operation in the presidential administration, described the new ceasefire as tense. But since heavy mortars were reportedly used by the Russian-backed militants, and since a Ukrainian soldier was wounded in the last 24 hours, that may have been an understatement.

 

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