KYIV, June 7 - President Volodymyr Zelenskiy on Friday urged Moscow to "rein in" separatists in Donbas after fresh clashes had claimed the lives of two of Ukrainian soldiers, raising to six the number of troops reported killed over the past week.

The Defense Ministry said Friday that two Ukrainian soldiers were killed and 10 were wounded after separatists opened fire with machine guns, anti-tank missiles, mortars, sniper rifles, and grenade launchers, violating a cease-fire 23 times in a 24-hour period, RFE/RL reported.