Under artillery fire, Ukraine rebels switch their leaders


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  • Friday, 15 Aug 2014

Buildings damaged by a recent shelling are seen in Donetsk, August 14, 2014. . REUTERS/Sergei Karpukhin

DONETSK Ukraine (Reuters) - Two of the most senior rebels battling government troops in eastern Ukraine quit on Thursday, deepening the disarray in a pro-Moscow separatist movement that is being pushed back by an Ukrainian military offensive.

The resignations came on the same day that artillery shells landed for the first time since the conflict began in the centre of the eastern city of Donetsk, the separatists' main stronghold.

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