Fresh shelling claims 10 lives in Ukraine's Donetsk
Iran Press TV
Wed Oct 1, 2014 1:10PM GMT
At least ten people have been killed in fresh shelling of the eastern Ukrainian city of Donetsk where the army is fighting pro-Russia forces, regional authorities say.
According to a statement by the pro-Kiev Donetsk regional government, a shell landed in a school in the city's northern part on Wednesday, leaving four people dead and eight others wounded.
Another shell hit a minibus nearby and killed six more Ukrainians, the statement added.
Regional authorities blamed pro-Moscow activists for the incidents, saying in a statement, 'The Donetsk People's Republic used rocket launchers to shoot at a school.... The shell exploded five meters away from the building."
The fresh attacks in Donetsk come as Kiev and the pro-Russians inked a Russian-proposed truce pact in early September aimed at putting an end to heavy clashes in Ukraine's eastern provinces.
Ukraine's mainly Russian-speaking regions in the east have witnessed deadly clashes between pro-Moscow activists and the Ukrainian army since Kiev launched military operations to silence pro-Russians in mid-April. More than 3,000 people have reportedly been killed in the conflict.
Violence intensified in May after Donetsk and Lugansk regions held local referendums, in which their residents voted overwhelmingly in favor of independence from Ukraine.
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