Three soldiers killed in Eastern Ukraine

Three soldiers were killed and five injured in eastern Ukraine, an army spokesman said on Tuesday, further undermining a month-old ceasefire between government forces and pro-Russian separatists.
Some of the casualties were caused by fire from the rebels, the others occurring when a military vehicle drove over a landmine, spokesman Andriy Lysenko told reporters.
Lysenko refused to give a more precise account of the various incidents.
The government complains daily of continuing grenade, mortar and small arms fire from the rebels against its positions.
The rebels, who seized control of some parts of eastern Donetsk and Lugansk regions last year after Moscow annexed the Crimean peninsula from Ukraine, also accuse the government of ceasefire violations.
Despite the continuing clashes in a handful of flashpoints the Feb.12 truce has largely held.
With the violence, which has killed over 6,000 people now subsiding, the focus has shifted to the political elements of the February peace deal, which require Kiev to surrender a degree of control over rebel-held areas.
Lawmakers in Kiev were due on Tuesday to begin examining bills submitted to parliament by the presidency that grant Donetsk and Lugansk special status.