The pinch gets worse in rebel-held parts of Ukraine.
This tweet came an hour or so after the first international agency reports of a cease-fire at the airport:
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Here's our brief rundown of the late-breaking news of a cease-fire that is said to have been agreed for one of the most bitterly fought-for bits of eastern Ukraine:
Ukraine Announces Temporary Truce At Donetsk Airport
"Russian forces" said to have stepped up attacks on Ukrainian forces:
I doubt they're listening in Moscow.
This might explain what Kyiv describes as an escalation in the frequency of attacks by "Russian forces" in the past 24 hours.