By Maria Tsvetkova DONETSK, Ukraine, Dec 5 (Reuters) - Shells struck a district of separatist-controlled Donetsk in eastern Ukraine on Friday, killing a pensioner and injuring his wife, and the Ukrainian military said six soldiers had also been killed in renewed clashes with the Russian-backed rebels. The new spasm of violence came just days before both sides were due to try to reinforce a shaky three-month ceasefire by observing a "Day of Silence" on Dec. 9. Clashes in Ukraine's Russian-speaking east have regularly punctured a ceasefire reached on Sept. 5 in talks in Minsk between Russia, Ukraine and separatist...
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