Ukraine rebels 'fired on fleeing women and children'

Ukraine has claimed that rebels in the east of the country fired rockets and mortars on civilians trying to flee from the region’s intense fighting.

Ukraine rebels 'fired on fleeing women and children'

Ukraine has claimed that rebels in the east of the country fired rockets and mortars on civilians trying to flee from the region’s intense fighting.

“Many people were killed, among them women and children,” Colonel Andriy Lysenko, a spokesman for Ukraine’s national security council, said.

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