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This (below) is a current BBC News report of the current situation in Ukraine.

New shelling has been reported around the rebel-held east Ukrainian cities of Donetsk and Luhansk, a day after a peace deal was reached in Minsk.

There are no confirmed reports of casualties. Both cities are near the front line where the pro-Russian rebels face government forces.

The ceasefire agreed in the Belarusian capital is to begin in eastern Ukraine after midnight (22:00 GMT) on Saturday.

The EU has warned Russia of additional sanctions if the deal is not respected.
BBC journalists in Donetsk heard new shelling on Friday morning, though they said it sounded less intense than in recent days.

Luhansk also came under bombardment overnight - with Russian TV reporting some of the heaviest fighting in months.

On Friday morning, a military spokesman in Kiev said eight members of Ukraine's military had been killed in fighting against separatists in the past 24 hours.

Meanwhile, rebels said seven civilians had been killed, reported AFP news agency. Two people were also killed on Friday morning when rebels shelled a cafe in Shchastya, near Luhansk, said the head of the Kiev-controlled regional administration.

"So this is how a comprehensive ceasefire is prepared for," said Hennadiy Moskal in a statement.

He was echoing wider doubts about the peace deal agreed following marathon negotiations between Russia, Ukraine, Germany and France.

Women embrace as they wait for a bus, carrying evacuees to Russia, to leave Donetsk
German Chancellor Angela Merkel - whose tireless shuttle diplomacy on Ukraine many credit with the deal - has warned that it presents only a "glimmer of hope"
Pro-Russian rebels have signed the agreement, which also includes weapon withdrawals and prisoner exchanges, but key issues remain to be settled.







If you read the article it is clear the areas being shelled and the people being killed are pro Russian Ukrainians living in or near Donetsk or Luhansk, it is clear the current Ukrainian Govt are happy to keep on attacking and killing their fellow Ukrainians right up to the ceasefire deadline.

I must also point out that this article like most articles from Western media sources is again biased towards the Pro Western side , if you see the comment in bold above you have to ask what relevance that line has given the current context of the article.

clearly the Pro russian cities are being shelled by pro western forces so why mention the EU has warned Russia of further sanctions if the deal is not respected. this clearly infers Russia is involved in this continuing shelling when clearly it is not.

More biased reporting along with inserting the line about Ukrainian soldiers dying fighting separatists, which has been inserted for balance when no balance was necessary given the main news being reported in this article.

I could summarise this whole article in two or three lines.

Unelected Ukrainian govt continues killing its own people using weapons supplied by US before the ceasefire deadline comes into effect. This is being done at the behest of the west and reported by Western media sources to look like this fighting is continuing on both sides.





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