As with so many other tragic attacks, it is so far unclear who was responsible for the attack that appears to have killed at least one Red Cross worker in Donetsk. This from AFP:
A Swiss Red Cross worker died Thursday when shells burst through the heart of Ukraine's main pro-Russian stronghold for the first time since the foes struck a September 5 truce aimed at ending Europe's worst crisis in decades.
Parts of the eastern coal mining hub of Donetsk -- once home to nearly a million Russian speakers but now half-abandoned -- were on fire after heavy rockets slammed into a 14-story central shopping centre shortly before 6:00 pm (1500 GMT).
AFP reporters saw another shell shatter the windows of the Donetsk headquarters of the International Committee of the Red Cross and the body of a man lying face down nearby.
A Donetsk emergencies worker told AFP that the victim was an employee of the global humanitarian organisation who was based in Geneva. Rebel websites also posted what they said were pictures of the Swiss man's passport.
It was not immediately clear who staged the attack.
From Reuters on the apparent tragedy at Red Cross offices in Donetsk:
UKRAINIAN SEPARATISTS SAY MORTAR BOMB HITS INTERNATIONAL RED CROSS BUILDING IN UKRAINE'S DONETSK, ONE SWISS CITIZEN KILLED, REUTERS WITNESS SEES DEAD MAN LYING AT ENTRANCE TO BUILDING