[News] Blasts in Eastern Ukraine

Dante · Feb 4, 2017

In the town of Avdiivka, whose prewar population of 35,000 has been reduced to an estimated 15,000 to 20,000, residents who have elected to stay voiced utter dismay Friday.

While the fighting has been largely kept to the outskirts of Avdiivka during the day, the nighttime has been hellish for residents. Shells have landed indiscriminately throughout the town, and civilian casualties are racking up. Some residents are still without power or heat lost during the fighting, and most are relying on humanitarian aid boxes for food, bedding, candles and other supplies.

Outside the aid station where the women were gathered Friday, a shell had fallen just hours earlier. A 25-year-old rescue worker was killed in the blast when shrapnel riddled the ambulance he was sitting in. Hours later, blood and matter were still visible in the front seat of the vehicle.

Authorities reported that a woman was also killed overnight Thursday, and the Ukrainian military said that three of its soldiers were killed, as well.

An apartment block on the edge of town was shelled, and the fourth-floor apartment of 70-year-old Anatoliy Nikolaivich and his wife, Elena, took a direct hit from a 122mm shell.

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Gobb · Feb 5, 2017

Dante said: ↑

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That's just awful. Condolences to the families.

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