Ukraine Ceasefire On The Brink Of Collapse As New Fighting Spreads

Ukraine’s Cease-Fire In Jeopardy As New Fighting Reported -- Washington Post

KIEV, Ukraine — Ukraine on Sunday sought to maintain a tenuous cease-fire with pro-Russian rebels after a series of breaches endangered the truce, with officials in the eastern city of Mariupol saying one woman was killed and three were wounded in fighting overnight.



“The Ukrainian government still believes in the cease-fire despite the violations,” Volodymyr Poleviy, deputy spokesman for Ukraine’s National Security Defense Council, said Sunday.



Pro-Russian separatists and, according to Ukrainian and NATO officials, troops from Russia itself have taken up positions east of the key port city of Mariupol. Poleviy said rebel forces launched a limited rocket attack on Ukrainian military positions beginning late Saturday. The Ukrainian military-held airport in the rebel-controlled city of Donetsk, he said, had also come under fire. “We hope it was the product of miscommunications,” Poleviy said.



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