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The fighting is still raging, though at a slightly lower level than it did last week

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Five Ukrainian soldiers were killed and 11 wounded in the past 24 hours. The Ukrainian military has ordered soldiers under the age of 20 to leave the front line and transfer to further training.

Russia-backed forces attacked Avdeyevka again today with 120-mm mortars and Grad missiles; according to preliminary information, 3 Ukrainian soldiers were killed. Elsewhere on the front line, 4 Ukrainian soldiers were wounded and 4 concussed.

Two Ukrainian soldiers were killed and two wounded in battle today.

When Russian media reported March 24 that 6 National Guardsmen and 6 militants were killed in a “shoot-out” in Chechnya, it was a typical story with scant details. Now Novaya Gazeta has evidence the Chechens were executed point-blank, contradicting the official report.

A Ukrainian National Guardsman has been identified as the killer of Russian MP Denis Voronenkov, who fled to Kiev citing Putin’s oppression last year.

A Ukrainian National Guardsman has been identified as the killer of Russian MP Denis Voronenkov, who fled to Kiev citing Putin’s oppression last year.

One Ukrainian soldier was killed and one wounded today.

Russian lawyer Nikolai Gorokhov, attorney for the family of Sergei Magnitsky, has been upgraded from “critical” to “serious” in the Botkin Hospital in Moscow and is now conscious, colleagues report.