Heavy shelling rocked the outskirts of the pro-Russian rebel stronghold of Donetsk in eastern Ukraine Monday, one day after the country held a parliamentary election.
The Donetsk mayor’s office said “powerful firing has been heard from high-caliber guns and explosions.”
Tensions remain high in the area despite a September cease-fire between Kyiv and the pro-Russian separatists.
Nearly three million voters in eastern Ukraine were unable to cast ballots in Sunday’s parliamentary elections.
Ukraine’s President Petro Poroshenko says exit polls show strong support for his push for democratic reforms and for closer ties to the European Union.
Two polls show the Petro Poroshenko Bloc …read more
Source: Voice of America
