Govt-held Ukraine town hit by rebel shells
28 Aug 2014 12:25 AM GMT
A town in east Ukraine came under shellfire by pro-Russian rebels on Wednesday, amid fears that they are launching a counter-offensive on government-held parts of the region. In response to outgoing fire early on Wednesday, forces lobbed at least 10 shells at the government-held town of Novoazovsk.
Plumes of black smoke rose above the town, which was hit repeatedly shelled on Monday, injuring four residents in a local hospital. The renewed fighting came a day after the Russian and Ukrainian leaders met in Minsk, Belarus, to discuss the escalating crisis in east Ukraine. Despite a one-on-one session between Vladimir Putin and Petro Poroshenko that lasted over two hours, there was no indication of a swift resolution to the fighting that has dragged on since April and claimed at least 2,000 civilian lives.
Plumes of black smoke rose above the town, which was hit repeatedly shelled on Monday, injuring four residents in a local hospital. The renewed fighting came a day after the Russian and Ukrainian leaders met in Minsk, Belarus, to discuss the escalating crisis in east Ukraine. Despite a one-on-one session between Vladimir Putin and Petro Poroshenko that lasted over two hours, there was no indication of a swift resolution to the fighting that has dragged on since April and claimed at least 2,000 civilian lives.
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