Kiev (AFP) – Five civilians were killed during intensified shelling in the eastern Ukrainian city of Donetsk, local authorities said Thursday. The fresh casualties came Wednesday amid fighting close to the army-held Donetsk airport, they said. Ukraine’s military said rebels had launched four mortar attacks against their positions at the airport overnight. Artillery strikes continued to be heard Thursday morning in the city, where deadly clashes between Ukrainian forces and separatist rebels have reduced their ceasefire accord to a truce in name only.Donetsk’s northeastern neighbourhoods close to the airport have seen much of the fighting, as several Ukrainian contingents holed …read more
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