Carl Schreck followed up yesterday on the picture circulated on social media that could show Russian troops in Ukraine.
"An American military specialist who saw photographs of the damage said he believed it was probably caused by “a 120mm mortar, of type 2B11”. The most common variant of this mortar munition is the so-called Sani (Sleigh), developed by the Soviet Union in 1981. The maximum range of such missiles is 4.7 miles, less than the nearest known Ukrainian military position.
Whichever way this attack is interpreted – as evidence of rebels shooting their own, or of pro-Ukrainian partisans operating within the city – it is certain to radicalise both sides further."
That closes the live blogging for tonight.
Sorry, just to clarify. Ukrainian President Petro Poroshenko said on January 22 that pro-Russian rebels had paid a "high price" for their escalating attacks on government troops across the separatist-controlled east. Not will pay a high price.