Monday, March 2, 2015

Ukraine's Mariupol holds its breath for next rebel move

A woman walks past a burnt-out a store at a residential sector affected by shelling in Mariupol, a city on the Sea of Azov, eastern Ukraine February 3, 2015.
A woman walks past a burnt-out a store at a residential sector affected by shelling in Mariupol, a city on the Sea of Azov, eastern Ukraine February 3, 2015.  REUTERS/Gleb Garanich
ReutersBY ALESSANDRA PRENTICE-Sun Mar 1, 2015
(Reuters) - Scanning the sky for incoming artillery fire has become a force of habit for Ukrainian beetroot-seller Svetlana Kumurzhi, who dived under her wooden stall in government-held Mariupol when shells rained down a month ago.
Ukraine's Mariupol Holds Its Breath for Next Rebel Move by Thavam Ratna