Latest clashes claim seven lives in eastern Ukraine
The latest clashes in eastern Ukraine have claimed the lives of more civilians and soldiers amid an escalation of fighting in the region.
Pro-Russia forces said shelling by the Ukrainian military had claimed the lives of two civilians in Donetsk on Friday.
Ukrainian authorities said three soldiers were killed in other parts of the region.
Near the town of Avdiivka, located just north of Donetsk, Ukraine's army said a woman and an emergency worker were also killed as Ukrainian soldiers and pro-Russians exchanged fire using mortars and rockets.
Nearly 30 people have been killed in eastern Ukraine's fighting since January 27, when tension rose again.
The conflict in eastern Ukraine erupted not long after people in the Black Sea Peninsula of Crimea voted in a referendum in March 2014 to rejoin the Russian Federation.
In April the same year, Kiev officially launched military operations to crush pro-Russians in Donetsk and Luhansk, which are mainly populated by ethnic Russians.
Nearly 9,500 people have died and over 21,000 others injured in the war, according to the United Nations.
On Wednesday, negotiators from Ukraine and Russia agreed in the Belarusian capital, Minsk, to call for an immediate ceasefire.
The pro-Russians did not attend the meeting but they are not against such calls.
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