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Ukrainian servicemen ride in a tank close to the airport in the eastern city of Donetsk, a facility which has been the site of intense fighting for several weeks.
Ukrainian servicemen ride in a tank close to the airport in the eastern city of Donetsk, a facility which has been the site of intense fighting for several weeks.

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10:27 25.11.2014

From Interfax, concerning the bus in Donetsk apparently hit by an artillery shell:

Two people were killed and another eight were injured when an artillery shell hit a passenger bus in Donetsk, eastern Ukraine on Tuesday morning, the head of the city's Kyivsky
district administration, Ivan Prikhodko, said on his Facebook page.

"Marshal Zhukov Avenue came under fire at 8:00 a.m. School No. 21, as well as several private houses and shops were damaged. Unfortunately, fatalities could not have been avoided. Two people were killed and another eight were injured on Bus No. 6," he said.

11:17 25.11.2014

From AFP:

Three civilians were killed by shelling in the rebel-held city of Donetsk in eastern Ukraine over the past 24 hours, separatist officials said on Tuesday.

One shell hit a minibus early on Tuesday, killing two passengers including a man of around 25 and a woman in her forties, and injuring eight others, a hospital source told AFP.

The incident happened close to Donetsk airport, the scene of heavy fighting between Ukrainian and rebel forces for several months.

Four areas of the city were hit by shells overnight, the Donetsk town hall said, without giving details of the third death.

More than 4,300 people have been killed since fighting broke out in eastern Ukraine in April.

11:30 25.11.2014

Here is today's situation map of eastern Ukraine by the National Security and Defense Council (click map to enlarge):

12:39 25.11.2014

13:21 25.11.2014

RFE/RL Video: Displaced Ukrainians Seek Safety On Both Sides Of Russian Border

Some have traveled by train to southern Russia; others have found refuge in quieter parts of Ukraine. Some families have fled together, while others have been separated from their loved ones. But all those displaced by the conflict in eastern Ukraine have one thing in common: They are seeking security and a chance to return to an ordinary life. (Produced by Mumin Shakirov of RFE/RL's Russian Service)

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13:27 25.11.2014

From AFP:

Pro-Russian rebels in eastern Ukraine called Tuesday on the United Nations to convene an emergency Security Council session that could authorise sending international peacekeepers into the war zone.

The leadership of the self-proclaimed Donetsk People's Republic said in a statement it was seeking "the intervention of a peacekeeping force that includes Russian representatives to control the implementation of existing agreements and help resolve the humanitarian and social situation."

13:29 25.11.2014

Just in from dpa:

France on Tuesday said it had suspended "until further
notice" the delivery of a warship to Russia, citing the conflict in
Ukraine.

The presidency said in a statement that the conflict on Europe's border "does not allow" the delivery of the Vladivostok.

13:34 25.11.2014

RFE/RL Video: The Village On The Ukrainian Front Line

The Ukrainian village of Krymske lies on the front line. Government forces are dug in around the village, but civilians face frequent artillery fire from Russian-backed separatists. Many feel they have no choice but to stay -- and take their chances with the shells falling around them.

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13:53 25.11.2014

14:06 25.11.2014
The "Vladivostok" warship ordered by Russia is pictured in a French shipyard in September.
The "Vladivostok" warship ordered by Russia is pictured in a French shipyard in September.

More from RFE/RL's News Desk on France's warship sale to Russia:

France has announced it is suspending delivery of a warship to Russia, saying Moscow had not fulfilled the necessary conditions to receive the vessel.

President Francois Hollande's office said on November 25 that the suspension of the delivery of the first of two Mistral helicopter-carriers Russia has purchased from France was in effect "until further notice."

The handover of the warship was delayed after Russia illegally annexed Crimea last March and lent support to pro-Russian separatists fighting government troops in eastern Ukraine.

In September, Hollande set two conditions for release of the Mistral to Russia: full implementation of a September 5 cease-fire agreement and a political settlement of the conflict.

Some 1,000 people have been killed in fighting in eastern Ukraine since the cease-fire.

In Moscow, Russian Deputy Defense Minister Yury Borisov said his country does not currently plan to file a legal claim against France.

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