Ukraine: 16 Killed in Attack in East Ukraine - 13 of the Victims Were Soldiers

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By Victoria Butenko, Laura Smith-Spark
Sixteen people were killed an attack overnight on soldiers in Ukraine's eastern Donetsk region, local health officials said, in the latest spike in violence ahead of the weekend's presidential election.

At least 13 of those who died in Donetsk were soldiers, according to acting President Oleksandr Turchynov.

Another soldier was killed in a strike on a military convoy in the Luhansk region, the Defense Ministry said earlier, bringing the death toll overnight to at least 14 Ukrainian troops.

Donetsk region's Health Department said 16 people had died in total and that 32 were hospitalized across the region, but did not specify how many were soldiers.

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