East Ukrainians flee as Kiev vows revenge

• For every life of our soldiers, the militants will pay with tens: Ukraine Prez
  
• Everybody will get what is coming to them, says Petro Poroshenko

Kiev: The only thing clear about the death toll in eastern Ukraine, where government troops are battling separatist rebels, is that it's mounting. Ukraine's president vowed vengeance in blood after 19 troops were killed in an insurgent rocket attack Friday, and residents of the rebel-held city of Donetsk began fleeing in large numbers for fear of a government siege. "For every life of our soldiers, the militants will pay with tens and hundreds of their own," Ukrainian President Petro Poroshenko warned. "Not one terrorist will evade responsibility. Everybody will get what is coming to them.

" After a faltering start, government efforts to reverse the tide of a pro-Russian insurgency have in recent weeks taken on an urgent impetus. It has frequently meant deadly results for the civilian population, however, as the army deploys heavy artillery and airpower to strike rebel forces that have used residential areas for cover.General Prosecutor Vitali Yarema said this week that authorities will seek to uncover the case of any casualties in the area falling within the government's ambitious security operation."Every death, every physical injury, every body of an unidentified individual found will be entered into the unified register of pre-trial investigations, and each case will be investigated as much as possible," he said. Meanwhile, the European Union said that it has extended sanctions to cover 11 leaders of the pro-Moscow rebellion in eastern Ukraine.

Meanwhile, Russia has circulated a proposal for a United Nations Security Council resolution on Ukraine that would demand a ceasefire between Kiev and pro-Russian insurgents, Moscow's ambassador said.