30 Ukrainian soldiers killed in rocket strike

30 Ukrainian soldiers killed in rocket strike
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30 Ukrainian soldiers killed in rocket strike, A rocket strike in the east Ukrainian region of Luhansk has killed up to 30 soldiers, Ukrainian officials said, blaming it on separatist rebels.

Luhansk/ Donetsk: A rocket strike in the east Ukrainian region of Luhansk has killed up to 30 soldiers, Ukrainian officials said, blaming it on separatist rebels.

They said a barrage of Grad rockets had been fired by the rebels. Such weapons are classed as heavy artillery weapons, fired in batches from trucks. Unconfirmed reports put the Ukrainian death toll as high as 30, with dozens more wounded, near Zelenopillya.

Zoryan Shkyryak, an adviser to Ukrainian Interior Minister Arsen Avakov, gave details of the Zelenopillya rocket attack: "So far, the information available speaks of up to 30 [dead]. The number of casualties may increase."The rebels, he said, had used a Grad system and the destruction was "really heavy". A motorised brigade from Lviv, western Ukraine, was targeted in the rocket attack, the Ukrainian news website Unian reports. Meanwhile, intense battles raged around the airport in the main stronghold of pro-Kremlin insurgents as Ukraine's new leader laid out tough terms for a ceasefire demanded by his European allies and Russia.An AFP team outside the airport - a gleaming hub shuttered since coming under a bloody rebel attack at the end of May - saw exchanges of fire and an anti-aircraft missile being shot.

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