Ukrainian cities shelled, including one near nuclear plant

By SUSIE BLANN
Associated Press

KYIV, Ukraine (AP) — Ukraine’s presidential office says that powerful explosions have rattled the southern Ukrainian city of Mykolaiv and a city close to the country’s biggest nuclear power plant sustained a barrage of shelling amid Russian attacks in several regions. The office said Thursday that at least four civilians were killed and 10 more wounded over the past 24 hours, with nine Ukrainian regions coming under fire. Two districts of Mykolaiv, which has been targeted frequently in recent weeks, were shelled. The separatist-held eastern city of Donetsk also came under shelling, with Russian-backed local authorities saying that six people were killed.