Dozens Killed Fleeing Ukraine's Luhansk

Ukraine accused pro-Russian rebels of firing rockets and mortars on a convoy of buses carrying refugees who were trying to flee the region's intense fighting near the separatist-held city of Luhansk. The rebels denied responsibility. Dozens of people, including women and children, were killed in the shelling on Monday, said Andriy Lysenko, a spokesman for Ukraine's national security council. “The rebels were expecting the convoy and destroyed it entirely. We haven't been...

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