At least 22 civilians and soldiers have been wounded in the latest shelling between pro-Russian separatists and government forces in southeastern Ukraine, officials said on Friday.
The mayor’s office in Donetsk, the biggest rebel-held city, said there had been shelling most of the night in two neighbourhoods facing the nearby ruins of the international airport, where government soldiers are holding out.
“As a result of fighting…, 15 people suffered shrapnel wounds of varying degrees of seriousness,” the press office for city hall said. It was not immediately clear whether this referred only to civilians, or also to members of the separatist units, …read more
Source: The Indian Express
