Explosion in Donetsk tilts risk trades lower

Here's a report in the local media supposedly showing the explosion -- obviously from a distance.

That report and reports that Biden is holding another transatlantic call are evidence that the temperature is rising in Ukraine. A few hours ago it looked like the crisis was winding down, but here we are.

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Update: here's another image of the explosion and I have to say ... it doesn't look like much. The representative office of the DPR in the JCCC reported that at about 19:00 a car was blown up in the parking lot near the separatist's building. You have to wonder if that's an assassination, an attempted assassination, or a false flag. If it is the big false flag the US has been touting; it's certainly an underwhelming one.

Update 2: Interfax reports that no one was hurt in the explosion.