Ukrainian authorities rushed to evacuate children from parts of the war zone
Monday in the wake of a deadly rocket attack on the port city of Mariupol and
as fresh clashes hit the country’s east.
Another nine people were reported killed, including seven soldiers, as Kiev accused pro-Russian
rebels of firing more than 100 times over the past day on both Ukrainian
military positions and civilian areas.
Fighting was said to be particularly intense near the government-held city
of Debaltseve, halfway between the rebel
strongholds of Donetsk
and Lugansk, where the military claimed separatists were attacking with tanks
and rocket launchers.
International concern has mounted over the escalation in the conflict …read more
Source: The Jakarta Post