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Ukraine regains four more eastern cities

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Ukrainian troops regained control of four more eastern cities, senior officials said on Sunday.

Ukraine’s Defence Minister Valeriy Heletey and Chief of the General Staff Viktor Muzhenko reported on Sunday to President Petro Poroshenko that the cities of Artemovsk and Druzhkovka in the Donetsk region, as well as Kramatorsk and Konstantinovka, were controlled by the Ukrainian forces, Xinhua reported.“The Ukrainian troops have liberated two more populated areas from militants,” said the latest statement posted on the Ukrainian President’s website, raising the total number of the cities regained by the Ukrainian Government forces to five.The President was also informed on the current law enforcement operations in eastern Ukraine.