11.   The rebels, meanwhile, launched a two-hour assault on the blackened shell of the presidential palace they abandoned Thursday under Russian fire.

12.   The rebels, meanwhile, launched a two-hour assault on the presidential palace, a blackened shell of a building which they abandoned Thursday.

13.   Viewers saw blackened shells of houses while others were engulfed by flames.

14.   Shortly after the crash, the mangled wreckage of the plane was a blackened shell, lying among the ruins of homes.