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A view of a house destroyed in an air strike carried out by Ukrainian armed forces in the village of Stanitsa Luganskaya , on July 2, 2014. Ukrainian troops backed by tanks and fighter bombers suffered their first losses on today as they pressed on with a renewed offensive against pro-Kremlin insurgents that has drawn Russian ire but also vital US and German support. Russian foreign ministry once again called on the new “Ukrainian leaders, if they are still able to sanely assess the consequences of their criminal policies, to stop attacking civilians and shelling their own villages.” AFP PHOTO / ITAR-TASS / STANISLAV KRASILNIKOV