Fighting in Donetsk Delays International Monitoring of Crash Site
![Self-proclaimed Donetsk People's Republic policemen watch people fleeing Shakhtarsk, Donetsk region, eastern Ukraine, July 28, 2014.](https://gdb.voanews.com/c2a53826-b153-415d-949c-a0ade1a07519_w1024_q10_s.jpg)
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Self-proclaimed Donetsk People's Republic policemen watch people fleeing Shakhtarsk, Donetsk region, eastern Ukraine, July 28, 2014.
![Self-proclaimed Donetsk People's Republic policemen watch shelling in Shakhtarsk, Donetsk region, eastern Ukraine, July 28, 2014.](https://gdb.voanews.com/817fb8c2-86e3-4f09-93e1-22df8e4be473_w1024_q10_s.jpg)
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Self-proclaimed Donetsk People's Republic policemen watch shelling in Shakhtarsk, Donetsk region, eastern Ukraine, July 28, 2014.
![Smoke from shelling rises over a residential apartment house in Shakhtarsk, Donetsk region, eastern Ukraine, July 28, 2014.](https://gdb.voanews.com/4c467ef3-e95d-42df-be35-58f511ea74d1_w1024_q10_s.jpg)
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Smoke from shelling rises over a residential apartment house in Shakhtarsk, Donetsk region, eastern Ukraine, July 28, 2014.
![A convoy of international forensic experts, Dutch and Australian policemen and members of the OSCE mission abandoned its attempt to reach the crash site of Malaysia Airlines MH17 for a second day as clashes raged in the town of Shakhtarsk, in the Donetsk region, July 28, 2014.](https://gdb.voanews.com/5ee023d8-07cd-4d86-86e6-6504894f4ffb_w1024_q10_s.jpg)
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A convoy of international forensic experts, Dutch and Australian policemen and members of the OSCE mission abandoned its attempt to reach the crash site of Malaysia Airlines MH17 for a second day as clashes raged in the town of Shakhtarsk, in the Donetsk region, July 28, 2014.