Slavyansk Burns As New Ukrainian President Yearns For Peace -- CNN
Donetsk, Ukraine (CNN) -- The battle for control of the eastern Ukrainian town of Slavyansk has intensified in the past 24 hours, with civilians caught in heavy crossfire between government forces and pro-Russian separatists. Each side blames the other for mortar and rocket fire that has struck apartment buildings and homes in the town, which is now also suffering acute power and water shortages.
Social media video from Slavyansk uploaded Sunday and apparently filmed in the past two days shows extensive damage to an apartment block in the center of the town, which appears to have taken a direct hit to the third floor.
Another building was engulfed by fire. Other videos showed people hurrying to basements, with the sound of artillery and rocket fire in the distance -- and at times much closer. The charred ruins of cars littered the streets, and windows in a number of buildings had been blown out.
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More News On Ukraine's Civil War
Slavyansk under fire, without water and power as Kiev troops resume shelling -- RT
Battles under way near Ukraine's Slavyansk and Kramatorsk -- Voice of Russia
Fighting Continues in Slaviansk, Luhansk in East Ukraine -- Breitbart
At least several civilians were killed in east Ukraine's Sloviansk -- ITAR-TASS
Ukrainian military used multiple rocket launchers to shell Slavyansk – DPR -- Voice of Russia
East Ukraine Rebels Reject Poroshenko And Say The Fight Will Go On -- Business Insider/Reuters
My Comment: The refugee crisis is exploding .... it is not only the civil war that is driving people away .... it is also the economy .... an economy that has essentially completely collapsed.
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