Ukraine accused Russian-backed rebels Thursday of shelling a border village as both sides lobbed charges that the other was violating a cease-fire in eastern Ukraine, a flashpoint between Kiev and Moscow since Russia annexed Crimea in 2014.Kiev called the shelling of Stanytsia Luhanska a “provocation” and tied it to Russia massing more than 150,000 troops along the Ukrainian border in recent months.Russian state-backed media claimed Ukrainian forces fired shells into territory held by Kremlin-backed separatists in violation of a 2015 cease-fire.
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