Ukraine’s rebels are surrounded and ready to agree to a cease-fire to prevent a “humanitarian catastrophe,” the insurgents’ new leader said Saturday as conditions deteriorated in the rebel stronghold of Donetsk, artillery thundering through deserted streets.
At least one person was killed and 18 wounded in shelling that hit about 30 apartment blocks Saturday in Donetsk, a city council spokesman said.
Ukrainian officials have consistently denied that their forces are shelling civilians, but the rebels dismiss that and claim the government is blaming the insurgents for the increasing death and destruction. …read more
Source: San Francisco Chronicle
