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… …read more
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