At least three people have been killed after a shell hit Donetsk hospital in eastern Ukraine, a region currently under the control of pro-Russian separatists.
City officials said that nearby buildings were damaged in the attack, with six schools and five kindergartens reportedly also hit by shell fire.
The Ukrainian general prosecutor's office blamed the separatists for the attack, saying “the terrorists have once more used weapons against the civilian population of Donetsk region," in a statement on its website.
Fighting between the two sides has escalated recently, with the UN saying more than 200 people have been killed in the past three weeks.
The latest attack comes as Ukranian president Petro Poroshenko prepares to meet US Secretary of State John Kerry in Kiev on Thursday, where he is expected to call for weapons in the battle against the separatists.
"I don't have a slightest doubt that the decision to supply Ukraine with weapons will be made by the United States as well as by other partners of ours," said Mr Poreshenko. "We need to have the capabilities to defend ourselves."
City officials said that nearby buildings were damaged in the attack, with six schools and five kindergartens reportedly also hit by shell fire.
The Ukrainian general prosecutor's office blamed the separatists for the attack, saying “the terrorists have once more used weapons against the civilian population of Donetsk region," in a statement on its website.
Fighting between the two sides has escalated recently, with the UN saying more than 200 people have been killed in the past three weeks.
The latest attack comes as Ukranian president Petro Poroshenko prepares to meet US Secretary of State John Kerry in Kiev on Thursday, where he is expected to call for weapons in the battle against the separatists.
"I don't have a slightest doubt that the decision to supply Ukraine with weapons will be made by the United States as well as by other partners of ours," said Mr Poreshenko. "We need to have the capabilities to defend ourselves."