CRI听力:Casualties Reported in Eastern Ukraine after Heavy Shelling 

Heavy casualties are being reported amid a new up-tick in fighting in eastern Ukraine.

"There were six or seven explosions. We were standing outside the nightclub, we fell on the ground, people were screaming, in fact it was very scary and horrible. Once the shelling stopped we ran towards this place to tend to the wounded and the killed."

Ukrainian authorities contend rebel shelling has hit two hospitals and a kindergarten in the city of Donetsk, leaving upward of 10 dead.

Other reports say as many as 15 people have been killed in the renewed shelling through Wednesday.

A previous round of peace talks this past week in Minsk collapsed, with both the government and the rebels accusing one-another of an unwillingness to reach an agreement.

The United Nations estimates as many as 200 people have been killed in the fighting over the past 3-weeks.