Shells struck a district of separatist-controlled Donetsk in eastern Ukraine on Dec. 5, killing a pensioner and injuring his wife, and the Ukrainian military said six soldiers had also been killed in renewed clashes with the Russian-backed rebels.
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A Ukrainian tank rides on Dec. 4, 2014 in the eastern Ukrainian village of Orlovka in the Donetsk Oblast, which is under control by Ukrainian forces, after night shelling by pro-Russian separatist.