Russian-backed separatists said on Thursday that 13 emergency service personnel were killed and nine wounded after coming under Ukrainian artillery fire in the Russian-controlled part of Donetsk region in eastern Ukraine.
"On Sept. 1, at around 4 a.m., a group of emergency services personnel from the DPR carrying out their tasks in the village of Rubtsi ... came under artillery fire from Ukrainian armed formations," officials from the self-proclaimed Donetsk People's Republic (DPR) said on Telegram.
Reuters was not able to independently verify the report.
(Reporting by Reuters)
