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Europe Daily Bulletin No. 11135

20 August 2014
EXTERNAL ACTION / (ae) ukraine
EU condemns bombing of civilians and calls for investigation

Brussels, 19/08/2014 (Agence Europe) - On Tuesday 19 August, the president of the European Commission, José Manuel Barroso, condemned the bombing of a convoy of civilians fleeing the previous night's fighting in Luhansk, in the east of Ukraine, which left at least fifteen people dead.

The Ukrainian army and pro-Russian separatists are blaming each other for the shells fired. During a telephone conversation with the Ukrainian president Petro Porochenko, Barroso called for an investigation...