Ukraine Rocket Attack Leads To Mass Jail Breakout

DONETSK, Ukraine (AP) — Local authorities in eastern Ukraine say more than 100 prisoners have fled from a high-security facility after it was hit by shelling in the rebel stronghold of Donetsk.

A city council spokesman says a jail riot followed direct rocket that claimed the life of at least one inmate.

Ukrainian government forces have over the past week intensified their push on Donetsk and have succeeded in surrounding it.

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