ON THE SCENE: VOA Correspondent Sees Carnage in Ukrainian City

Editor's note: On the eve of planned peace talks in Minsk, at least 15 people died amid battles in the Ukrainian city of Kramatorsk Tuesday. Most of the victims were hit by rockets that apparently were fired by separatist rebels trying to dislodge Ukrainian government forces. The rockets were aimed at Kramatorsk's airport and military targets, but some went astray. Some fell in civilian neighborhoods, among ordinary people trying to carry on with some form of everyday life. VOA...

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