By Peter Leonard
KIEV, Ukraine — Indiscriminate rocket fire that hit a market, schools and homes Saturday in Ukraine’s strategically important coastal city of Mariupol killed at least 21 people, authorities said.
Mariupol lies on the Azov Sea and is the major city between mainland Russia and the Russia-annexed Crimean Peninsula. Heavy fighting in the region in the autumn raised fears that Russian-backed separatist forces would try to establish a land link between Russia and Crimea.
Rebel forces have positions within 10 kilometres (six miles) from Mariupol’s eastern outskirts.
The Defence Ministry said in a statement that there were three separate strikes from Grad …read more
Source: canada.com
