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ByPeterLeonardand Mstyslav Chernov The Associated Press SOKILNYKY, UKRAINE Hours after a new peace initiative for Ukraine be- gan taking shape, mortar shells rained down Thurs- day on the center of the main rebel-held city in the east, killing at least 13 peo- ple at a bus stop. The deaths in Donetsk sparked wrath and grief that was swiftly exploited by pro-Russian rebel lead- ers, who paraded captive Ukrainian troops through the city to be punched, kicked and insulted by en- raged residents. Diplomats from Russia, Ukraine, France and Ger- many had met in Berlin a day ago to thrash out a ten- tative dividing line from which the warring sides would pull back their heavy weapons. That solution al- ready looks doomed. Fighting in eastern Ukraine is now fiercer than ever in some locations, NA- TO's top commander in Europe, U.S. Air Force Gen. Philip Breedlove, said Thursday in Brussels. He added that weapons sys- tems seen now in the re- gion have in the past her- alded a fresh incursion by Russian troops. It is far from clear who fired Thursday's deadly mortars and both sides ac- cused the other. Separatist leader Alex- ander Zakharchenko said the front line will now be pushed back away from the fringes of Donetsk to avoid any similar attacks, which he blamed on Ukrainian troops. Ukraine's Defense Min- istry countered that the stricken area was 9 miles from the nearest govern- ment position and that ar- tillery that struck was likely launched from within rebel territory. In Kiev, President Petro Poroshenko appeared to be holding out hope for a new cease-fire, but said stern ret- ribution would await any- body violating the peace. "If the enemy doesn't want to abide by the cease- fire, if he doesn't want to put an end to the suffering of peaceful people, Ukrainian villages and town, we will smash them in the teeth," Poroshenko told a meeting of top defense officials. Russia has always denied providing arms to separatist forces but Western military officials say the quality of the heavy weapons the reb- els have means they could only come from Moscow. The shells that fell on Do- netsk killed trolleybus pas- sengers and people wait- ing at a stop nearby. Peo- ple sobbed as they looked on at the blood-spattered bus and the bodies strewn across the road. Before all the bodies could be cleared, rebel mi- litiamen dragged a captive Ukrainian soldier before the angry crowd. Some res- idents punched and kicked the soldier, who was quickly bundled into a waiting car by rebels as the crowd pur- sued them. Later, more than a dozen other Ukrainian soldiers were forced to walk two-by- two to where the residents were killed as people in the crowd screamed "Fascists!" and "Killers!"at them. The civilian death toll has been mounting steadily in the conflict between Ukrainian troops and Rus- sian-backed separatists that the United Nations says has killed more than 4,700 peo- ple since April. The separatist-run Do- netsk News Agency cited unnamed officials as saying the shells were fired from a portable 82-millimeter cali- ber mortar and that a "raid- ing party" was responsible. That suggested the mortars were launched within the city, as claimed by Ukrai- nian officials. EASTERN EUROPE Ukraine bus attack kills 13, dashes peace hopes for east IGORIVANOV—THEASSOCIATEDPRESS Passengers killed when a trolley bus was damaged by a mortar shell are seen inside a bus in Donetsk, eastern Ukraine, on Thursday. GetResults! Put your ad in Tehama Country Real Estate ONLINE ADVERTISING INCLUDED. 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