The International Committee of the Red Cross has condemned the shelling in eastern Ukraine after one of its members was killed in the town of Donetsk on Thursday.

The 38-year-old  Swiss citizen Laurent DuPasquier died after a shell hit the area where the ICRC offices were located.

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In a statement released by Dominik Stillhart, the ICRC director of operations, DuPasquier was one of the casualties of the Donetsk shelling.

He has been staying in Ukraine for six weeks, working at the ICRC as an administrator, when he was killed.

According to Stillhart, the other 20 local and international Red Cross staff in the ICRC offices were "in safety" following the shelling.

Government officials put the blame on the rebels for shelling, while the rebels believe otherwise.

 The Donetsk shelling has interrupted the already fragile cease-fire in a clash that has already taken more than 3,500 lives, according to UN data.

The Russian Foreign Ministry released a statement following the shelling stating that the Kiev's are denying responsibility for the Red Cross employees' death.

According to the Ministry, the shells were fired from the location of the Ukrainian troops.

Earlier this week, the Ukrainian security forces and the pro-Russian separatists had launched assaults against each other at the already damaged Donetsk airport.

Andriy Lysenko, a Ukrainian military spokesman, said that Kremlin artillery helped the separatists in attacking the airport. He added that Russian drones were also all over the region.

Both parties have accused each other of breaking the cease-fire, which have been implemented on Sept. 5.

According to a statement given to BBC by Andrei Purgin, one of the leaders of the pro-Russian rebels in Donetsk, Russian official were only in the city to act as "mediators."

Purgin, who acts as the "deputy prime minister" in Donetsk People's Republik, said that Russia is not choosing sides in the clash.  

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