At least six people killed in Donetsk as shells hit queues for aid

At least six people have been killed after shells hit a cultural centre and a trolleybus in the Ukrainian city of Donetsk. People had been queuing for aid when two artillery shells struck, witnesses said. Sky News reporter Katie Stallard, reporting from the scene, said: “We’ve just seen a man’s body taken out of a car, he was killed as he sat in the driver’s seat. We can see a bus driving away now with all five bodies inside.”

You can see from the faces of the people here how shocking this is.

Sky News reporter Katie Stallard

Pictures from outside the cultural centre showed vehicles with their windows blown out and the body punctured by shrapnel. The tops of nearby trees had been blown off by the force of the blast. The victims appeared to be dressed in civilian clothing. The sixth victim was seen by a Reuters cameraman near the damaged trolleybus elsewhere in the city. It was not immediately clear if the shells were fired by government troops or pro-Russian separatists.

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