And here's a picture of the shelled prison:
And here's more from our news desk on the artillery strike on a prison in Donetsk:
In eastern Ukraine, more than 100 inmates have escaped from a prison in the city of Donetsk after it was hit by an artillery shell fired in fighting between government forces and pro-Russian rebels.
One inmate was reportedly killed in the artillery strike.
In a statement, the Donetsk City Council said the high-security prison housed dangerous criminals. Spokesman Maksim Rovenskiy said the fugitives include people jailed for murder, robbery, and rape.
Meanwhile, a Ukrainian military spokesman says government forces are preparing for the final stage of recapturing the city.
Andriy Lysenko told Reuters that Kyiv's forces had now cut Donetsk off from the other main separatist-held city of Luhansk in the east.
Ukrainian media reports, citing residents, said Donetsk came under renewed shelling on August 11.
Meanwhile in Russia. A tank biathlon.
Absolute devastation at Luhansk airport:
Good morning, starting the live blog for another day with the news that Donestsk might fall today. From our news desk:
A Ukrainian military spokesman says government forces are preparing for the final stage of recapturing the city of Donetsk from pro-Russian separatists.
Andriy Lysenko told Reuters that Kyiv's forces had now cut Donetsk off from the other main separatist-held city of Luhansk in the east.
Ukrainian media reports, citing residents, said Donetsk came under renewed shelling on August 11.
Meanwhile, Dmytro Tymchuk, a military expert reporting extensively on Ukraine, said at least two Ukrainian government checkpoints came under fire from across the Russian border on August 11.
Tymchuk said an ambulance evacuating the wounded from one of the checkpoints also came under fire, with an unspecified number of casualties.
Tymchuk also reports the separatists fired Grad missiles at the Luhansk airport. There were no reports of injuries in that incident.
That concludes our live blogging for today. Follow our continued coverage of Ukraine and all our broadcast region HERE.
As we conclude our live blogging for today, here's today's map from the Ukrainian National Security and Defense Council's information center:
Hard to say who comes out a winner in this cultural exchange.