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Deadly clashes between Ukrainian forces and pro-Russian rebels threatened civilians in central Donetsk on Monday, with shelling hitting a hospital and warnings of insurgents launching attacks from residential areas. Ukraine also made fresh accusations of Moscow backing the separatists, alleging that hundreds of Russian troops along with heavy weaponry crossed the border to join the fight. After a pause in the fighting early Monday as people celebrated Orthodox Epiphany, clashes reignited in the afternoon, with regular explosions heard coming from the direction of Donetsk's flashpoint airport. The upsurge in violence in recent days has left a September truce in tatters, with heavy combat shaking the area at the weekend after Ukraine launched a major counter-offensive to push out the rebels.
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