(MENAFN- Saudi Press Agency) Heavy shelling rocked the outskirts of the pro-Russian rebel stronghold of Donetsk in eastern Ukraine on Monday, one day after Ukraine held a parliamentary election, the city mayor's office and officials in Kiev said, according to Reuters.
'Powerful firing has been heard from high-calibre guns and explosions,' the Donetsk mayor's website said.
Despite a Sept. 5 ceasefire between Kiev and pro-Russian separatists in the east, tensions remain high.
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