--- description: Four others were seriously wounded after a shell struck a school sports field where they were playing soccer. title: Ukraine Shelling Kills 2 Teens image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt45da4c68b0897b92/69876473e53aba48024d56f6/rebel-guard.jpg?branch=production&width=3840&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 ---  * [World](/section/world/) ## World Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close # Artillery Fire Kills Teens in Donetsk as Ukraine's Ceasefire Breaks Down by [David Stout](/author/david-stout/) ## David Stout Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close Nov 6, 2014 7:11 AM CUT  Members of an honour guard hold their weapons as they wait for the arrival of separatist leader Alexander Zakharchenko in front of a theatre in Donetsk, eastern Ukraine on November 4, 2014. Members of an honour guard hold their weapons as they wait for the arrival of separatist leader Alexander Zakharchenko in front of a theatre in Donetsk, eastern Ukraine on November 4, 2014.Maxim Zmeyev — Reuters by [David Stout](/author/david-stout/) ## David Stout Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close Nov 6, 2014 7:11 AM CUT Two teens were killed and four others wounded when an artillery shell hit a school in Ukraine’s war-torn Donetsk region on Wednesday as a two-month truce between Kiev and pro-Russian militants appeared to be in collapse. The BBC reports that the shell struck a school sports field where children were playing soccer, near Donetsk airport. The four teens who survived the attack are being treated in an intensive care unit at a local trauma center. The renewed clashes appear to have been [spurred ](http://time.com/3555707/white-house-russia-ukraine-rebel-elections/ "undefined")by the widely condemned elections held in Ukraine’s rebel-held southeast over the weekend. Both Kiev and separatist forces are reportedly [preparing](http://time.com/3558451/ukraine-russia-separatists-mariupol-war/ "undefined") for all-out conflict once again, with troops being mobilized. [Read more at the BBC](http://www.bbc.com/news/world-europe-29912055 "undefined"). ```json [{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"NewsArticle","@id":"https://time.com/3560299/artillery-fire-kills-teenagers-donetsk-ceasefire-ukraine/","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://time.com/3560299/artillery-fire-kills-teenagers-donetsk-ceasefire-ukraine/"},"headline":"Artillery Fire Kills Teens in Donetsk as Ukraine's Ceasefire Breaks Down","datePublished":"2014-11-06T07:11:31.000Z","dateModified":"2026-02-21T11:15:52.843Z","description":"Four others are wounded and being treated in intensive care","url":"https://time.com/3560299/artillery-fire-kills-teenagers-donetsk-ceasefire-ukraine/","keywords":["Ukraine","russia","Kiev","moscow","ceasefire","us","rebels","separatists"],"thumbnailUrl":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt45da4c68b0897b92/69876473e53aba48024d56f6/rebel-guard.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","author":[{"@type":"Person","name":"David Stout","jobTitle":null,"url":"https://time.com/author/david-stout/"}],"articleSection":"World","image":[{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt45da4c68b0897b92/69876473e53aba48024d56f6/rebel-guard.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","width":1200,"height":675,"headline":"Members of an honour guard hold their weapons as they wait for the arrival of separatist leader Zakharchenko in front of a theatre in Donetsk","caption":"Members of an honour guard hold their weapons as they wait for the arrival of separatist leader Zakharchenko in front of a theatre in Donetsk","creditText":"Maxim Zmeyev — Reuters","representativeOfPage":true}],"publisher":{"@type":"Organization","name":"Time","url":"https://time.com/","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://time.com/images/logo.png","width":528,"height":156},"foundingDate":"March 3, 1923","sameAs":["https://www.facebook.com/time","https://www.instagram.com/time/?hl=en","https://twitter.com/time","https://www.pinterest.com/timemagazine"]}},{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"BreadcrumbList","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"item":{"@id":"/section/world/","name":"World"}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"item":{"@id":"https://time.com/3560299/artillery-fire-kills-teenagers-donetsk-ceasefire-ukraine/","name":"Artillery Fire Kills Teens in Donetsk as Ukraine's Ceasefire Breaks Down"}}]}] ```