A civilian was killed and 15 injured when a mortar shell hit a hospital in eastern Ukraine.
Three of the wounded are in a serious condition in the attack in Schastie town of the Luhansk region Friday, Xinhua reported.
Andrei Lysenko, spokesman for the National Security and Defence Council, said that Donetsk airport was also shelled overnight by the rebel forces.
Government troops and pro-Russian insurgents have been locked in a fierce confrontation in eastern Ukraine since April, leaving over 3,000 people dead and around 8,000 wounded.
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