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| Ukraine conflict: Deadly shell hits Donetsk hospital | |
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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. | 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. | Bodies could be seen under blankets outside the building after the attack. |
| Nearby schools were also damaged in the blast, city officials said. | 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. | 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. | 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. |
| Her words followed an appeal by international observer group the OSCE on Tuesday for a three-day truce. | |
| 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. Within days, the population has fallen from 25,000 to 7,000, Amnesty International says. | |
| The hospital was being used as an outpatient clinic at the time of the attack and many of the injured were patients and staff, BBC correspondent Olga Ivshina reports from the scene. | |
| The sound of shelling could still be heard two hours later, she said. | |
| Ukraine's war: The human cost | |
| Source: Figures from UN High Commissioner for Human Rights 3 February, and UN report, 21 January |