DONETSK, Ukraine: Ukraine shook up its beleaguered army’s top brass as clashes raged in the separatist east despite mounting US and German pressure on Russia to force the rebels to halt fire.

Western-backed President Petro Poroshenko on Thursday (Friday in Manila) named a new defense minister and top general as his forces reported pressing on with an offensive to oust pro-Russian insurgents from the restive country’s industrial east.

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