Hospital hit as Ukraine shells rebel stronghold

Sustained shelling in the main rebel stronghold in eastern Ukraine struck residential buildings and a hospital, killing at least four people and wounding 10 others, officials said, as government forces pressed forward in their campaign to rout the separatists.

Mortar fire struck the Vishnevskiy Hospital in Donetsk, killing one and wounding five others, said Donetsk city council spokesman Maxim Rovensky. “There was a sudden explosion,” witness Dr Anna Kravtsova said.

The shelling, which destroyed an array of equipment in the dentistry unit, also hit three nearby apartment buildings.