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A Ukrainian army soldier was killed in the country’s eastern region of Donbas in the past day despite the new truce, authorities said March 7.

The Ukrainian army said in a statement posted on Facebook that Russia-backed separatists have violated the two-day-old ceasefire three times in the past 24 hours.

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