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ISTANBUL:  At least 137 people including soldiers and civilians were killed on the first day of Russia’s intervention in Ukraine, Ukraine’s president said Friday. Volodymyr Zelenskyy provided preliminary data on the death toll in a video message on Facebook, Ukraine's official Ukrinform news agency reported. He also said that “enemy sabotage groups” have entered the capital Kyiv and called on the public to be careful and follow curfew rules. Donbas crisis and Russia's military intervention The February 2014 “Maidan revolution” in Ukraine led to former President Viktor Yanukovych fleeing the country and a...