Prorussian separatists
Pro-govt forces start pulling out of besieged Ukrainian town
Separatist forces fought their way into the key railway junction on Tuesday despite a ceasefire.
Officials said rebels had carried out several small arms attacks on Ukrainian positions in the east.
Relations between the two have deteriorated since the overthrow of a Moscow-backed president.
Russia backs the separatists but denies it is directly involved in conflict in the Donbass region.
Ukraine has accused Russia of sending soldiers and weapons to help separatist rebels in eastern Ukraine.
The past four days have seen the rebels stage elections for leadership which the government called illegal.
Separatist leaders accused Petro Poroshenko of suspending a law giving their regions “special status”.
Sergei Lavrov said the pending vote would be important from the point of view of legitimising power.
City authorities blamed the shelling on rebels and separatists blamed it on government forces.
Patriarch Kirill was presented with a single-seater fighter jet SU-35.
Russia says weaponry from NATO states will abet war crimes in Ukraine and worsen the situation.
Petro Poroshenko told a televised meeting of the government a ceasefire was proving difficult to maintain.
The Ukrainian military’s press centre listed overnight rebel violations of the ceasefire accord in five sites.
The breakthrough came after a week in which the pro-Moscow separatists scored major victories.
The Russian President said he believed Kiev and pro-Russian separatists could come to an agreement.
Putin’s spokesman said the leaders agreed on steps towards peace but not a ceasefire in the conflict.
There was no immediate sign on the ground of a halt in the fighting between Kiev’s forces and separatists.
A pro-govt militia fighter says separatists backed by Russian soldiers have entered the town of Novoazovsk.
In footage posted on Facebook, the men were shown dressed in camouflage fatigues.