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The spokesman, Vyacheslav Seleznyov, said government forces had come
under attack from the rebels on about 100 separate occasions.
Violence has intensified in the past month as rebels push a new
offensive.
Ukraine's military say fighting has been particularly intense around
the town of Debaltseve, a major rail and road junction northeast of
the city of Donetsk. Regional police chief Vyacheslav Abroskin said
seven civilians had been killed by shelling in Debaltseve and
another frontline town of Avdiivka on Sunday.
Separatist-held Donetsk was shaken by a blast late on Sunday that
regional administration chief Ivan Prikhodko said came from a
factory that produces explosives, artillery ammunition and aerial
bombs.
Local residents said the explosion blew in windows of homes in parts
of Donetsk, but there were no immediate reports of any casualties or
clarity on the reasons for the blast.
(Reporting by Pavel Polityuk in Kiev and Aleksandar Vasovic in
Donetsk; Writing by Alessandra Prentice; Editing by Richard
Balmforth and Alison Williams)
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