Asian stocks pull back, bond yields drop on reported shelling in Ukraine
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Reuters

By Kevin Buckland and Selena Li TOKYO (Reuters) – Asian stock markets retreated on Thursday after Russian media reported that rebels in eastern Ukraine had accused Kyiv government forces of using mortars to attack their territory. U.S. and European equities futures also fell, while traders sought safety in government bonds and oil clawed back some of its heavy early losses. Russian-backed separatists in eastern Ukraine accused government forces on Thursday of opening fire on their territory four times in the last 24 hours and said they were trying to establish if anyone had been hurt or killed…

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