DONETSK, Ukraine (AP) - Rockets slammed into a high-security prison Monday in the rebel-held city of Donetsk, igniting a riot that allowed more than 100 prisoners to flee, authorities in eastern Ukraine said.
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In the past week Ukrainian government forces have intensified their military operations & surrounded Donetsk, the largest city in rebel-held eastern Ukraine. Exchanges of rocket fire & deaths from shelling have become a feature of daily life & hundreds of thousands have chosen to flee.
The prison break became possible after a substation providing the building w/electricity was damaged, disabling the facility's alarm system. "Extremely dangerous prisoners are now free. It is hard to know the extent of threat this poses to the city, which is flooded w/weapons," Rovinsky said.
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