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Donetsk trolleybus explosion blows Ukraine peace negotiations apart
Russia and Ukraine’s superficial attempts to reconcile in Berlin earlier this week have rapidly come to nothingBarely had the ink dried on another diplomatic attempt to bring peace to eastern Ukraine, when a bloody explosion ripped through a trolleybus in Donetsk, killing 13 people.Foreign ministers of Russia and Ukraine had signed a...
13 killed after Donetsk bus stop hit by mortar – video report
Civilians and Ukrainian security services inspect a bus stop in Donetsk that saw up-to 13 civilians killed after it was hit by mortar shells. The attack also caused significant damage to nearby buildings. The Ukrainian prime minister, Arseniy Yatsenyuk, blamed pro-Russia separatists for as well as Russia itself for the violence …...
Ukraine crisis: why is there such a fierce battle for Donetsk airport?
Big Question: the outcome of the battle for the control of Donetsk airport acts as a bellwether for the eventual battle for control of the city, and that again, as an indicator of the eventual control of the Donbass region …read more Source: The...
War in Ukraine: Airport saga
No passengers for a while yet “AT THE beginning of the 1930s, the creators of this airport had no idea what a high-tech facility it would become,” said President Viktor Yanukovych at the opening in 2012 of Donetsk’s new international airport, named after the composer Sergei Prokofiev. He had no idea what a wreck it would become. After eight...
Ukraine crisis: Bus stop shelling kills 13
At least 13 people have been killed in Ukraine after a shelling mortar attack targeted a bus stop in Donetsk …read more Source: The...
Ukraine’s PM blames pro-Russian rebels for bus blast
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Donetsk bus shelling: At least seven killed after shell hits bus in rebel-held city in eastern Ukraine
At least seven people have been killed after an artillery shell hit a bus in a rebel stronghold in eastern Ukraine. …read more Source: The...
Ukraine: Donetsk bus hit by mortar
At least eight killed as Ukrainian forces admit they have lost control while Kiev and Moscow agree dividing line for pulling back heavy weaponsA city bus in the separatist stronghold in east Ukraine has been hit by mortar, leaving between eight and 13 dead, according to varying reports.The trolleybus in Donetsk had all its windows blown out, with...
Ukraine ‘abandons’ fiercely contested Donetsk airport
Kiev forces witrhdraw from key airport terminal – close to separatists’ stronghold – after months of bitter fighting, as at least six civilians killed in city of Donetsk …read more Source: The...
At least six civilians killed in shelling attack in Donetsk, east Ukraine: Reuters witness
KIEV (Reuters) – At least six civilians were killed on Thursday in a shelling or mortar attack at a trolleybus stop in the eastern Ukrainian rebel-held city of Donetsk, a Reuters witness said. …read more Source:...
