Fighting in eastern Ukraine has escalated to the worst level in months, officials monitoring the conflict said on December 19, after the shelling of a frontline village wounded eight civilians and destroyed or damaged dozens of homes.
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Reuters: Fighting in eastern Ukraine worst since February
Members of the Organisation for Security and Cooperation in Europe (OSCE) Special Monitoring Mission to Ukraine take pictures of a destroyed house in eastern city of Avdiyivka after heavy shelling by Russian-backed separatists on Feb. 25, 2017.
