Fighting reportedly continue overnight between government troops and pro-Russian rebels in east Ukraine, despite renewed diplomatic efforts to enforce a truce. BBC has more:
Ukraine said six government soldiers were killed in the past 24 hours and army positions were fired on 26 times near the rebel stronghold of Donetsk.
The rebels said one of their fighters was killed during attacks by the army. On Monday, Ukraine, Russia, Germany and France called for the withdrawal of more weapons from the frontline. The four nations also expressed “grave concern” over the surge in fighting.
The statement came after talks in Berlin between the foreign ministers of Ukraine, Russia, Germany and France. In a separate development on Tuesday, a Russian military journalist was seriously injured by a booby trap in the village of Shyrokyne, near the strategic port of Mariupol in the south.
