Civilians killed as violence flares up

At least nine people, including civilians, have been killed in eastern Ukraine as an upsurge in violence between Ukrainian troops and pro-Russia rebels has raised fears of a humanitarian disaster. The Ukrainian army said fatalities included a local woman and an emergency worker in the government-held town of Avdiivka, where mortar and rocket fire were […]

At least nine people, including civilians, have been killed in eastern Ukraine as an upsurge in violence between Ukrainian troops and pro-Russia rebels has raised fears of a humanitarian disaster.
The Ukrainian army said fatalities included a local woman and an emergency worker in the government-held town of Avdiivka, where mortar and rocket fire were exchanged between the warring sides.
Five soldiers were killed in other parts of eastern Ukraine where a pro-Russia unrest has raged since April 2014.
The rebels said that shelling by the Ukrainian army also killed two civilians in the separatists’ de facto capital of Donetsk.