Ukraine independence day
Artillery explosions shake Donetsk Airport
Loud explosions and artillery fire rocked Donetsk Airport in eastern Ukraine on Monday.
Separatist leaders accused Petro Poroshenko of suspending a law giving their regions “special status”.
Female fighters on both sides said the men in their units treat them as equals.
City authorities blamed the shelling on rebels and separatists blamed it on government forces.
The incident involved Vitaly Zhuravsky, a former member of ousted President Viktor Yanukovich’s party.
Petro Poroshenko told a televised meeting of the government a ceasefire was proving difficult to maintain.
British PM David Cameron said pressure on Moscow would mount if it did not curtail military action.
The Russian President said he believed Kiev and pro-Russian separatists could come to an agreement.
There was no immediate sign on the ground of a halt in the fighting between Kiev’s forces and separatists.
A shift in Vladimir Putin's language on the conflict in eastern Ukraine reflects a transformation.
Ukraine marked its independence day on Sunday with a military march past in Kiev.