Several casualties have been reported after booming explosions from shelling rocked the city of Donetsk on Sept. 14. A thick plume of black smoke was seen rising over the eastern separatist stronghold, authorities said.
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Black smoke ascends around the Donetsk's International Airport as shelling continues between pro-Russian forces and the Ukrainian army on September 14, 2014.