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MOSCOW – More than 10 people have been killed and dozens more wounded in some of the heaviest shelling in months between army and anti-government forces in southeast Ukraine, an outburst of violence that may provoke an early test of U.S. President Trump’s ability to manage negotiations with the Kremlin over the thorny conflict.

In Washington, the State Department on Jan. 31 called for an immediate cease-fire.

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