As the conflict between pro-Russia rebels and the Ukrainian military intensifies, civilians continue to suffer across eastern Ukraine. Amid the fighting, VICE News correspondent Simon Ostrovsky visited the cities of Mariupol, Komsomolsk, and Novoazarivka to gauge the situation on the ground.
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View of the outskirts of Mariupol on September 4, 2014 under pro-Russian separatists heavy artillery action. Strong explosions rocked the outskirts of the key Ukrainian port city of Mariupol on Sept. 4 as Kiev's forces battled pro-Moscow rebels.