Separatists shell residential areas in Maryinka, wound woman

Published June 8, 2017 at 5:13 pm

A Russian flag flies near Russia-backed separatists sitting atop a 2S1 Gvozdika (122-mm self-propelled howitzer) as a convoy moves from the frontline near the eastern Ukrainian city of Starobeshevo in Donetsk region, on Feb. 25, 2015.

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Russian-backed separatists on June 8 shelled positions of Ukrainian army near Maryinka in Donetsk region, wounding a local woman resident.

“Around 13:00 during the shelling of the ATO positions, residential districts of the town came under fire. A 50-year old woman was wounded as a result and brought to the hospital with shrapnel wounds. Doctors say her condition is stable,” the Ukrainian side of the Joint Center on Control and Coordination said, according to the Ukraine military Facebook page.