DONETSK, Ukraine—A month-long cease-fire in Donetsk looks like this: nine civilians killed on Wednesday, a Red Cross staffer killed Thursday, scores killed and wounded since the fighting was supposed to stop.
Day after day, artillery shells and rockets fly overhead. Many explode in densely populated residential areas as the rebels have fought to dislodge Ukrainian government forces from the Donetsk airport just north of the city.
“All windows in our house were shaking, I was sitting on my bed and I had to hold tight not to fall,” said Valentina Ryabchevskaya, a Donetsk resident, describing a recent shelling near her home. “Windows …read more
Source: The Epoch Times
