At least 41 people were killed in Ukraine’s east Thursday, one of the
deadliest days in the separatist war, with a bloody bus shelling in Donetsk as
government forces abandoned their defense of the city’s strategic airport.
In a graphic illustration of the degenerating nine-month conflict,
pro-Russian rebels also paraded some 20 captured Ukrainian soldiers through Donetsk and forced them
to kneel before enraged locals who threw snowballs and glass at them, some of
it from the shattered bus.
The trolleybus shelling in the rebel bastion city was the day’s bloodiest
incident, with 13 civilians killed and Kiev
alleging that ultimate blame for the tragedy rested with Russia.
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Source: The Jakarta Post
