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Three people were killed and many more wounded when a shell hit a hospital in the rebel-held city of Donetsk in eastern Ukraine. | |
Bodies could be seen under blankets outside the building after the attack. | |
Nearby schools were also damaged in the blast, city officials said. | |
Violence has surged in the east in recent weeks, and the pro-Russian rebels have captured territory from government forces outside Donetsk, including the city's airport. | Violence has surged in the east in recent weeks, and the pro-Russian rebels have captured territory from government forces outside Donetsk, including the city's airport. |
Residential areas of the two main rebel-held cities of Donetsk and Luhansk have regularly been hit by mortar rounds and rocket fire and the separatists have blamed the government for the attacks. | |
Wednesday's shelling in the south-western Kirovskiy district of the city came as EU foreign policy chief Federica Mogherini called for an immediate ceasefire to enable civilians to leave the conflict zone. | |
To the north-east of Donetsk, separatists have been trying to encircle government troops in the town of Debaltseve, a key transport hub, prompting local residents to flee. |