Rocket From Rebel Area Hits Bus, Killing Civilians

January 14 2015

Ukraine

A passenger bus has come under heavy fire in eastern Ukraine.

On Tuesday, Ukrainian officials said a rocket hit the civilian bus traveling south of the insurgent-controlled city of Donetsk in eastern Ukraine, reports the Voice of America News.

Ten or 11 were killed, according to various accounts.

Another 13 people were injured when a Grad multiple rocket launcher was fired from rebel territory at a military checkpoint near the town of Volnovakha.

The defense minister of...

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