Russian-backed fighters shelled the Azov Sea port city of Mariupol in Donetsk Oblast, killing 30 people, most of them civilians, and wounding 102, according to the oblast’s office of Internal Ministry. Also,

separatists killed one Ukrainian soldier, according to Channel 5. Mariupol one of the key cities that remains under Ukrainian control.

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Hall’s press service reports that three Russian Grad launchers fired

120 rockets into the city. Meanwhile, Ukraine’s Defense Ministry says four of six launchers have already been destroyed.