Shell hits hospital in Ukraine's Donetsk, some dead and wounded - city council


  • World
  • Wednesday, 04 Feb 2015

DONETSK, Ukraine (Reuters) - A shell hit a hospital in the east Ukrainian rebel-controlled city of Donetsk on Wednesday, killing or injuring several people, the city administration said.

"There was an artillery shell at 12 noon (0900 GMT)... The shell hit a hospital, there are dead and wounded," a statement on the administration's website said, adding that several schools and children's nurseries had also suffered in the blast.

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