The Ukrainian government says that two of its soldiers were killed today. Kiev also says that 300 rebels have been killed in the last 24 hours. The rebels, however, say that those numbers are both wrong. The Moscow Times reports:

A spokesman for Kiev’s “anti-terrorist operation” said more than 300 rebel fighters had been killed and about 500 wounded in fierce fighting in the past 24 hours in and around the city of Slovyansk, a strategically located separatist stronghold. Government forces used aircraft, helicopters and artillery in a fierce attack to try to root out the separatists who have controlled Slovyansk and surrounding areas since early April. But the rebels on Wednesday denied the government’s casualty figures. “Reports of 300 dead are not true. Losses to the Ukrainian side were more than ours,” Aleksander Boroday, “prime minister” of the self-proclaimed Donetsk People’s Republic, said, Interfax reported. Describing the fighting as “heavy”, the government forces spokesman, Vladyslav Seleznyov, said two servicemen had been killed and 45 wounded.

We have no way, with the current available information, to asses any of these claims.

However, Ukraine has confirmed that three of its bases have fallen to separatists today. AP reports: