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12:59 22.2.2015

Via Reuters:

UKRAINE INTERIOR MINISTRY SAYS AT LEAST ONE KILLED, 10 WOUNDED IN EXPLOSION IN UKRAINE-CONTROLLED CITY OF KHARKIV

12:59 22.2.2015

Russia's Interfax quotes a police source putting the number of injured in Kharkiv at just five.

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13:03 22.2.2015

Slightly mystifying tweet from Ukraine's president showing events in Kyiv after news of the deadly blast at the peace march in Kharkiv:

13:08 22.2.2015

Russia's Interfax quotes an OSCE spokeswoman saying the group has canceled a planned visit today to Debalteseve, citing continued shelling. Here's more of that report, which we have yet to confirm with the OSCE:

Observers from the Organization for Security and Co-operation in Europe (OSCE) has recorded massive devastation and other signs of a humanitarian disaster in the city of Debaltseve, its spokeswoman Irina Gudyma said.

"According to our observers, there is not one house left intact in Debaltseve, people are without heat and power supplies and no possibility to buy food and drinking water," she said, according to the Donetsk news agency.

The sounds of artillery from both sides are still audible in the Debaltseve area, the OSCE spokersperson said. "Yesterday our staff were able to visit the city. Today we canceled our trip there because the DPR (Donetsk People's Republic) defense ministry said it is unsafe for our observers," she said.

13:10 22.2.2015

Recall that Kharkiv, scene of today's deadly explosion, is more than 200 kilometers from the front lines.

Approximate boundaries in eastern Ukraine's conflict area as of February 20. Buffer zone according to the February 15 cease-fire.
Approximate boundaries in eastern Ukraine's conflict area as of February 20. Buffer zone according to the February 15 cease-fire.

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Meanwhile in Kyiv:

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