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Headquarters in london. I am mark barton. And i am Olivia Sterns. We begin in ukraine. Lets get straight to ryan chilcote. Ighting continues to rage both sides stepping up their attack. Ryan is in kiev with the latest read it looks like the country is seeing some of the deadliest violence and the crisis began. What is the latest you are hearing on the ground . Good morning. The Ukrainian Government says they are going to push on with the fighting in the east of the country. The death toll from yesterdays battles stands at 40. All of those on the rebel side. It includes russian nationals. You will remember that several dozen russian fighters came from russia itself into eastern and identified themselves as chess champ chechaners volunteers. If they were, they were there on their own private business. Clearly, this is becoming a very messy affair. Lots of collateral damage ....

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