DHAKA: At least nine people have been killed by shelling at a bus stop in the rebel-held city of Donetsk in eastern Ukraine.

Local authorities say, reports the BBC.

The victims reportedly included bus passengers and someone in a nearby car.

The deaths come after Ukraine, Russia, France and Germany issued a joint call to end fighting in the east.

More than 4,800 people have been killed and some 1.2 million displaced since pro-Russian rebels seized parts of Luhansk and Donetsk regions in April.

The rebel movements followed Russia's annexation of Ukraine’s Crimea peninsula in March.

BDST: 1508 HRS, JAN 22, 2015