SOKILNYKY, Ukraine (AP) — Hours after a new peace initiative for Ukraine began taking shape, mortar shells rained down Thursday on the center of the main rebel-held city in the east, killing at least 13 people at a bus stop.
The deaths in Donetsk sparked wrath and grief that was swiftly exploited by pro-Russian rebel leaders, who paraded captive Ukrainian troops through the city to be punched, kicked and insulted by enraged residents.
Ukraine’s Defense Ministry countered that the stricken area was 15 kilometers (9 miles) from the nearest government position and that artillery that struck was likely launched from within rebel …read more
Source: San Francisco Chronicle