Blast rocks rebel meeting in Ukraine's Donetsk
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Cameras were rolling at a nearby meeting of rebel leaders, when an explosion erupted at a munitions factory in the rebel-held city of Donetsk in eastern Ukraine on Monday (October 20). The blast broke windows several kilometres (miles) away and sent meeting attendees scrambling for safety.
Video distributed by the rebels showed people at the meeting ducking under a table and dropping to the floor as windows were smashed in the meeting hall.
The blast, at around noon (0900 GMT) sent flames and a column of grey smoke into the sky in the northeast of the city, a stronghold for pro-Russian separatists fighting government forces.
A Ukrainian military spokesman denied the explosion was caused by a missile fired by government troops, saying Kiev's forces had nothing to do with the incident.
Cameras were rolling at a nearby meeting of rebel leaders, when an explosion erupted at a munitions factory in the rebel-held city of Donetsk in eastern Ukraine on Monday (October 20). The blast broke windows several kilometres (miles) away and sent meeting attendees scrambling for safety.
Video distributed by the rebels showed people at the meeting ducking under a table and dropping to the floor as windows were smashed in the meeting hall.
The blast, at around noon (0900 GMT) sent flames and a column of grey smoke into the sky in the northeast of the city, a stronghold for pro-Russian separatists fighting government forces.
A Ukrainian military spokesman denied the explosion was caused by a missile fired by government troops, saying Kiev's forces had nothing to do with the incident.