The terse thud of exploding shells rings out along the tense frontline between government forces and rebel-held territory in the Lugansk region of Ukraine. On Kyiv's side of the front, civilian homes and building appear caught in the firing line of Thursday's shelling, debris strewn across the floor of once-peaceful homes. "The last two days, every now and then, they shoot", a resident of the border town of Stanytsia Luhanska tells AFP, standing in the wreckage of what's left of his house. IMAGES AND SOUNDBITES