Shelling hits Ukraine bus, killing 10, as airport battle worsens
Shelling hit a passenger bus in eastern Ukraine on Tuesday, killing at least 10 people, and fighting intensified around the international airport in the city of Donetsk as separatists tried to oust government forces.
The bus attack near the town of Volnovakha south of Donetsk, which is the heart of a nine-month-old separatist conflict, further deflated peace hopes after talks between Russia, Ukraine, France and Germany ended without notable progress on Monday. Pro-Russian rebels seized parts of eastern Ukraine after Kiev's Moscow-backed president was toppled by popular unrest.
"Ten people have been killed and at least 13 are wounded," a regional Ukrainian administration spokesman said, adding that the bus came under attack from rebels holding the town of Dokuchaevska further to the north.
