Ukrainian Civilian Killed In Frontline Shelling: Officials
NDTV
Local officials said the civilian, identified only as a man born in 1970, was killed in an attack on Novoluganske, a settlement 35 kilometres (25 miles) north of the eastern rebel stronghold Donetsk.
A Ukrainian civilian died on Monday in a shelling attack on a government-held village, officials said, with the incident coming as fears were rising of an imminent Russian invasion.
Local officials said the civilian, identified only as a man born in 1970, was killed in an attack on Novoluganske, a settlement 35 kilometres (25 miles) north of the eastern rebel stronghold Donetsk.
The death marks the first officially-confirmed civilian casualty of the year in Ukraine's eight-year separatist conflict, which has claimed more than 14,000 lives and forced 1.5 million from their homes.
Ukraine's Western-backed leadership has also confirmed the death of five soldiers this year.
