10 bus passengers killed by insurgent artillery strike in Donetsk region Multiple civilian fatalities in militant attack near Volnovakha
https://www.facebook.com/Vyacheslav.AbroskinAt about 14:30 on 13 January artillery fire from Kremlin-backed insurgents in east Ukraine struck a civilian bus killing 10 passengers, according to Donetsk district police chief Vyacheslav Abroskin.
"Insurgents based in Dokuchaevo shelled a Ukrainian position in Volnovakha and struck a civilian bus. At the moment we have information about 10 fatalities and 13 wounded."
The conflict in east Ukraine has already claimed almost 5,000 lives, with approximately 1,400 fatalities since a nominal ceasefire was introduced in September 2014.
UPDATE: Information posted to a 'Novorossiya' social media page this afternoon confirmed that insurgent forces had launched an attack on a Ukrainian checkpoint at exactly the time and place where the civilian bus was struck. As news of the civilian deaths emerged, the post was edited to remove confirmation of the insurgent attack.
The original post read:
Breaking news: 13.01.2015, 16:53 (NB: insurgents operate on Moscow time, meaning that this post appeared at 14:53 Ukrainian time)
Volnovakha
Information received: Ukrainian checkpoint destroyed at the exit of Volnovakha in the direction of Donetsk
UPDATE 2: The Ukrainian Prosecutor General's office has stated that insurgents fired 40 Grad rockets in the 13 January east Ukraine attack which resulted in the death of ten civilians on a passenger bus. Officials confirmed that the attack was being treated as an 'act of terror'.
UPDATE 3: Donetsk Administration reports 18 wounded. One of them has already arrived in Mariupol for treatment. Previously there was an information about 13 wounded as a result of terrorist attack.
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