DONETSK: Ukraine dispatched top envoys to Washington and Brussels on Wednesday to secure help in the face of a surge in clashes with pro-Russian insurgents that killed eight more civilians and troops.

A one-month truce in Ukraine is teetering on the verge of collapse just weeks before a general election meant to reunify the country after six months of conflict in the east that has killed nearly 3,400 people.

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