Explosions heard in Donetsk after Ukraine election - mayor


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  • Monday, 27 Oct 2014

DONETSK Ukraine (Reuters) - Heavy shelling rocked the outskirts of the pro-Russian rebel stronghold of Donetsk in eastern Ukraine on Monday, one day after Ukraine held a parliamentary election, the city mayor's office and officials in Kiev said.

"Powerful firing has been heard from high-calibre guns and explosions," the Donetsk mayor's website said.

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