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| Ukraine president vows to act over army deaths | Ukraine president vows to act over army deaths |
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| Ukrainian President Petro Poroshenko has said his forces will find and destroy pro-Russian separatists in the east who killed more than 20 soldiers in a single attack. | Ukrainian President Petro Poroshenko has said his forces will find and destroy pro-Russian separatists in the east who killed more than 20 soldiers in a single attack. |
| The soldiers were killed in an apparent rocket strike near the Russian border. | |
| Officials in Kiev say the separatists used Grad missiles. | Officials in Kiev say the separatists used Grad missiles. |
| They say that that more than 90 other soldiers were wounded in the most deadly attack since the president ended a unilateral ceasefire last month. | They say that that more than 90 other soldiers were wounded in the most deadly attack since the president ended a unilateral ceasefire last month. |
| "For every life of our soldiers, the militants will pay with tens and hundreds of their own," President Poroshenko said. | "For every life of our soldiers, the militants will pay with tens and hundreds of their own," President Poroshenko said. |
| "Not one terrorist will evade responsibility. Everybody will get what is coming to them," he said in a statement posted on his website after an emergency meeting of security chiefs. | "Not one terrorist will evade responsibility. Everybody will get what is coming to them," he said in a statement posted on his website after an emergency meeting of security chiefs. |
| Ukrainian officials say the rebels fired a barrage of Grad rockets at troops in Zelenopillya, a village near the border. | Ukrainian officials say the rebels fired a barrage of Grad rockets at troops in Zelenopillya, a village near the border. |
| Pro-Russian rebels say they "destroyed a column" of troops there. | Pro-Russian rebels say they "destroyed a column" of troops there. |
| Russian-made Grad rockets are heavy artillery weapons fired in batches from lorries. Both the Russian and Ukrainian armed forces use them. | Russian-made Grad rockets are heavy artillery weapons fired in batches from lorries. Both the Russian and Ukrainian armed forces use them. |
| On Thursday night the rebels shelled Ukrainian troops at Donetsk airport. | On Thursday night the rebels shelled Ukrainian troops at Donetsk airport. |
| The rebels have regrouped in Donetsk as the Ukrainian military has retaken territory in the country's east. The rebels have not yet broken through to the airport. | The rebels have regrouped in Donetsk as the Ukrainian military has retaken territory in the country's east. The rebels have not yet broken through to the airport. |
| A motorised brigade from Lviv, western Ukraine, was targeted in the rocket attack, the Ukrainian news website Unian reports. | A motorised brigade from Lviv, western Ukraine, was targeted in the rocket attack, the Ukrainian news website Unian reports. |
| Beatings and torture | Beatings and torture |
| Meanwhile, a report by the human rights group Amnesty International has accused separatists of abuses in the three-month conflict. | Meanwhile, a report by the human rights group Amnesty International has accused separatists of abuses in the three-month conflict. |
| The group said it had found "graphic and compelling evidence of savage beatings and other torture" by pro-Russian groups in eastern Ukraine. | The group said it had found "graphic and compelling evidence of savage beatings and other torture" by pro-Russian groups in eastern Ukraine. |
| The Amnesty report, Abductions and Torture in Eastern Ukraine, said that protesters and journalists had been targeted, and hundreds of people had been abducted. | The Amnesty report, Abductions and Torture in Eastern Ukraine, said that protesters and journalists had been targeted, and hundreds of people had been abducted. |
| Pro-government forces had also committed a smaller number of abuses, Amnesty said. | Pro-government forces had also committed a smaller number of abuses, Amnesty said. |