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Ukraine has been fighting a low-intensity war with Russia-controlled forces in east Ukraine for eight years (Photo: Christopher Bobyn)

EU leaders threaten sanctions amid shelling in Ukraine

An artillery shell hit a kindergarten in east Ukraine and Washington said Russia looked like it was about to attack its neighbour, as EU leaders held a special session to discuss sanctions in Brussels on Thursday (17 February).

The artillery bombardment saw 32 shells rain down on the city of Stanytsia Luhanska in Ukraine-controlled east Ukraine on Thursday morning, Kyiv said.

One of them knocked a hole in kindergarten number 21, narrowly missing a class of pupils, but leaving th...

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Ukraine has been fighting a low-intensity war with Russia-controlled forces in east Ukraine for eight years (Photo: Christopher Bobyn)

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