Monitors from the&nbsp;OSCE&nbsp;European security body on Monday reported more than 3,000 new ceasefire violations in eastern&nbsp;Ukraine, a high for the year.

The&nbsp;report&nbsp;reflects a sharp spike in violence that preceded President Vladimir Putin's decision to order Russian troops into two Moscow-backed rebel regions he recognised as independent earlier in the day.

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"It is of crucial importance that today's decision will not lead to new military action and bloodshed," Mikko Kinnunen, the&nbsp;OSCE's chairman-in-office in&nbsp;Ukraine, said in a statement.

In a daily&nbsp;report&nbsp;based on information received by Sunday evening, the pan-European security body reported 2,158 new&nbsp;violations&nbsp;in the Donetsk region and another 1,073 in neighbouring Lugansk.

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The monitors reported heavy clashes spreading across the frontline separating rebel forces from government troops in the eastern Donetsk and Lugansk regions.

The eight-year conflict across the largely Russian-speaking industrial region has claimed&nbsp;more&nbsp;than&nbsp;14,000&nbsp;lives, breaking out after two regions rebelled over a 2014 pro-EU revolution in Kyiv.

Monitors from the OSCE European security body on Monday reported more than 3,000 new ceasefire violations in eastern Ukraine, a high for the year. The report reflects a sharp spike in violence that preceded President Vladimir Putin's decision to order Russian troops into two Moscow-backed rebel regions he recognised as independent earlier in the day.

Monitors from the OSCE European security body on Monday reported more than 3,000 new ceasefire violations in eastern Ukraine, a high for the year. The report reflects a sharp spike in violence that preceded President Vladimir Putin's decision to order Russian troops into two Moscow-backed rebel regions he recognised as independent earlier in the day. Also read | Russia-Ukraine crisis: Japan ready to join US-led sanctions on Moscow "It is of crucial importance that today's decision will not lead to new military action and bloodshed," Mikko Kinnunen, the OSCE's chairman-in-office in Ukraine, said in a statement. In a daily report based on information received by Sunday evening, the pan-European security body reported 2,158 new violations in the Donetsk region and another 1,073 in neighbouring Lugansk. Also read | US imposes sanctions on two Russian-backed areas in eastern Ukraine The monitors reported heavy clashes spreading across the frontline separating rebel forces from government troops in the eastern Donetsk and Lugansk regions. The eight-year conflict across the largely Russian-speaking industrial region has claimed more than 14,000 lives, breaking out after two regions rebelled over a 2014 pro-EU revolution in Kyiv.

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