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Russian-backed separatists attacked positions of the Ukrainian Army's 93rd mechanized brigade defending the village of Pisky, near Donetsk, on the night of June 6-7. Attacks are often launched under cover of darkness, despite the cease-fire agreed in Minsk in mid-February. The Ukrainian military said that in this attack the separatists used heavy artillery and mortars that, according to the Minsk agreement, should have been withdrawn at least 50 kilometers from the front line.
Gas pipeline damaged in fighting:
Shelling in eastern Ukraine has damaged a key gas pipeline.
The gas transport company Ukrtransgaz said gas supplies would be cut to three towns -- including the port city of Mariupol -- as repair work, expected to take up to two days, was carried out.
The company said in a statement on June 12 that gas supplies to Europe would not be affected.
Mariupol, a southeastern government-controlled city on the Sea of Azov, is home to two of Ukraine's largest steel plants, belonging to steelmaker Metinvest.
Metinvest did not immediately comment on any impact of the gas cut on production at its plants. (Reuters, Interfax)