At least eight people have been killed as fighting between government troops and Russia-backed separatist rebels in eastern Ukraine escalated. The fighting briefly trapped more than 200 coal miners underground, the warring sides reported. Rebels in Donetsk said an electricity sub-station was damaged in shelling, cutting power to the Zasyadko coal mine in Donetsk. The mine is notorious for its safety standards: 33 people were killed there in 2015 by a methane blast. With lifts not working, the miners had been trapped underground for several hours before local authorities found the backup generators outside the mine to get the elevators working. By midday today, at least 152 of 200 men had been able to get out. Separatist military spokesman Eduard Basurin denied reports that separatist shelling cut power lines and heating stations in Avdiivka, saying they had been damaged earlier. The artillery shelling, which appears to be the worst in many months, was concentrated around the government-controlled town of Avdiivka, home to a giant coking plant. Its director said that preparations were being made to stop production, something rarely done throughout the conflict that has claimed...
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