DONETSK, Ukraine (AP) — A mortar hit a large hospital in the troubled Ukrainian city of Donetsk Thursday, killing at least one person, as government forces tighten their grip on the pro-Russian rebel stronghold.
“There was a sudden explosion, a mortar round flew through the window, all the equipment was destroyed,” said Anna Kravtsova, a doctor at the Vishnevskiy Hospital. “They killed one person, and one person was injured and taken away.” Only the dentistry unit suffered damage, witnesses said, but it is one of Donetsk’s larger hospitals, only 4 kilometers (less than 3 miles) from the city’s main square, and …read more
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