Shelling in east Ukraine's Donetsk kills 4 civilians


  • World
  • Sunday, 19 Oct 2014

DONETSK Ukraine (Reuters) - Four civilians were killed and nine wounded by shrapnel during fighting on Saturday and Sunday in eastern Ukraine's separatist stronghold city of Donetsk, local officials said.

Pro-Russian rebels and government forces have continued to clash on the city's outskirts despite a Sept. 5 ceasefire accord that has generally contained violence in other parts of the country's contested east..

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