The Washington Post
Firefights
broke out near the rebel-held city of Donetsk as
well as east of the key port city of Mariupol ,
eyewitnesses said. Yet Ukrainian officials maintained that in general, the
truce, which went into effect Friday evening, was holding.
“The
Ukrainian government still believes in the cease-fire despite the violations,”
said Volodymyr Poleviy, deputy spokesman for Ukraine ’s National Security Defense
Council.