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Rockets kill 21 in Ukraine city as rebel offensive begins
Indiscriminate rocket fire slammed into a market, schools and homes Saturday in the eastern Ukrainian city of Mariupol, killing at least 21 people, authorities said. Ukraine’s top rebel leader announced that an… …read more Source: WAVE 3...
Rockets kill 21 in Ukraine city as rebel offensive begins
KIEV, Ukraine — Indiscriminate rocket fire slammed into a market, schools and homes Saturday in the eastern Ukrainian city of Mariupol, killing at least 21 people, authorities said. Ukraine’s top rebel leader announced that an offensive had begun on the strategically important port.The report came a day after the rebels rejected a peace...
Rockets kill 21 in Ukraine city as rebel offensive begins
KIEV, Ukraine (AP) – Indiscriminate rocket fire slammed into a market, schools and homes Saturday in the eastern Ukrainian city of Mariupol, killing at least 21 people, authorities said. Ukraine’s top rebel leader announced that an offensive had begun on the strategically important port. The report came a day after … …read...
Rebel leader announces launch of assault on Ukraine’s Mariupol
Kiev (AFP) – A top pro-Russian rebel on Saturday announced the launch of a major offensive on Ukraine’s government-held port of Mariupol, confirming responsibility for rocket fire that killed at least 20 people.”Today, we launched an offensive against Mariupol,” Russia’s RIA Novosti news agency quoted Donetsk...
16 people dead following attack on Ukrainian city Mariupol
An open-air market, nearby homes in Ukrainian city of Mariupol came under fire Saturday, killing at least 16 people, city authorities said. …read more Source: New York Daily...
Ukraine rebel leader: offensive has begun upon key govt city
KIEV, Ukraine — The RIA Novosti news agency is citing eastern Ukrainian rebel leader Alexander Zakharchenko as saying an offensive has begun on the strategic government-held port of Mariupol has begun.Earlier Saturday, rockets rained down on Mariupol’s outskirts, killing at least 21 people, according to city authorities.The report came a...
Rocket fire hits east Ukraine port city of Mariupol, authorities say at least 21 killed
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. …read more Source: Vancouver...
Rocket fire hits east Ukraine port city of Mariupol, authorities say at least 21 killed
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...
Fifteen Killed By Rebel Shelling In East Ukraine’s Mariupol: Interior Ministry
(Reuters) – Fifteen people were killed in shelling in the east Ukrainian port city of Mariupol on Saturday, Ukraine’s interior ministry said, an attack Kiev blamed on separatist rebels and the Russian military. A witness described the shelling to Reuters as enough to knock the paint off his house. …read more Source:...
Fighting In Ukraine Surges To Worst Level In Months
KIEV, Jan 24 (Reuters) – Fifteen people were killed in shelling in the east Ukrainian port city of Mariupol on Saturday, Ukraine’s interior ministry said, an attack Kiev blamed on separatist rebels and the Russian military. A witness described the shelling to Reuters as enough to knock the paint off his house. The deaths follow the...
