Ukraine and pro-Russian rebels gave conflicting accounts of shelling across the front in the Donbass separatist region.
Reuters could not establish the details independently, but reports from both sides suggested an incident more serious than the routine ceasefire violations reported regularly in the area.
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IMAGE: An interior view shows a kindergarten, which according to Ukraine's military officials was damaged by shelling, in the Luhansk region, Ukraine, February 17, 2022.
Photograph: Carlos Barria/Reuters
Photograph: Press Service of the Joint Forces Operation/Handout via Reuters
IMAGE: A view shows a residential building, which according to Ukraine's local officials was damaged by shelling, in the town of Vrubivka, in the Luhansk region.
Photograph: Press Service of the National Police of Ukraine in Luhansk Region/Handout via Reuters
IMAGE: A military truck, which according to Ukraine officials was destroyed by shelling, is seen at positions of Ukrainian armed forces near the village of Novotoshkivske in the Luhansk region.
Photograph: Press Service of the National Police of Ukraine/Handout via Reuters
IMAGE: A view shows a garage damaged by shelling.
Photograph: Press Service of the National Police of Ukraine/Handout via Reuters
IMAGE: A militant of the self-proclaimed Luhansk People's Republic patrols the damaged building of a local school located near the line of separation from the Ukrainian armed forces in the settlement of Molodizhne (Molodezhnoye) in the Luhansk region.
Photograph: Alexander Ermochenko/Reuters
IMAGE: A militant holds a bullet belt.
Photograph: Alexander Ermochenko/Reuters
IMAGE: Militants walk in a trench.
Photograph: Alexander Ermochenko/Reuters
IMAGE: An exterior view shows a kindergarten damaged by shelling.
Photograph: Press Service of the Joint Forces Operation/Handout via Reuters
IMAGE: Ukrainian soldiers are seen from inside of an helicopter window at an airfield near Kramatorsk in the Donetsk region.
Photograph: Carlos Barria/Reuters
IMAGE: A Ukrainian soldier at an airfield in the Donetsk region.
Photograph: Carlos Barria/Reuters
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