Ukrainian forces have suffered fresh losses in a rebel raid in the separatist east as the newly-elected president promised to hold his first talks with Russia´s Vladimir Putin on easing the worst East-West standoff since the Cold War.
The volunteer National Guard force said gunmen had raided their barracks in the flashpoint Lugansk region near Russia that had been under effective rebel control since early April.
“There have been losses both in the ranks of the military unit and the attacking side,” the National Guard force spoksman said in a brief statement.
