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| Ukraine crisis: Ceasefire shaken by fresh shelling | |
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| There has been fresh shelling near Donetsk airport in eastern Ukraine, raising fears that a 36-hour-old ceasefire is near to collapse. | |
| The truce held for much of Saturday but overnight shelling in Mariupol was followed by the explosions near Donetsk airport early on Sunday. | |
| The truce and 12-point peace roadmap was signed at talks involving Ukraine, Russia, the rebels and the OSCE. | |
| Fighting in the east has left some 2,600 people dead since April. | |
| Before the ceasefire was agreed on Friday, the separatists had been advancing on both Donetsk airport and Mariupol, a key city on the route to Crimea and an economic prize for any possibility of independence for the eastern Ukraine region. | |
| The presidents of Ukraine and Russia both said on Saturday that the truce was largely holding. | |
| However, late on Saturday, eyewitnesses said pro-Russian rebels had shelled and destroyed an important government checkpoint on the eastern approaches to Mariupol. | |
| Fighting there died down overnight but explosions were then heard on Sunday morning near Donetsk airport. | |
| It has been under the control of government troops since May but has been under constant rebel attack. |