Ukrainian crisis worsens as 7 soldiers killed in a single day

Ukrainian crisis worsens as 7 soldiers killed in a single day

KIEV, May 24 (APP): Ukrainian crisis worsens as 7 soldiers killed in a single day

 

Seven Ukrainian soldiers have  died in the country's war-torn east over the past 24 hours in the biggest number of casualties in a single day this year, Kiev said Tuesday.

 

"As a result of shelling, seven Ukrainian soldiers have died and nine  received injuries over the past 24 hours," Oleksandr Turchynov, secretary of  Ukraine's National Security and Defence Council, said in a statement.