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Shells hit school playground and nearby street in Ukraine city, four killed - eyewitnesses


    DONETSK Ukraine (Reuters) - Shells hit a school playground and a nearby street in the city of Donetsk in eastern Ukraine on Wednesday, killing four people including a teacher and a parent, witnesses said.

    A Reuters correspondent at the scene saw a blast hole in the playground of school number 57 in Donetsk's Kiev district and another crater in a nearby street. No children appeared to have been killed or hurt.

    (Reporting by Maria Tsvetkova; Writing by Richard Balmforth, Editing by Timothy Heritage)