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 The Ukrainian military said pro-Russian separatists had attacked
positions held by government troops 49 times in the past 24 hours,
using rockets, artillery and armored vehicles,
"The number of attacks show the terrorists do not want to completely
silence their guns," Ukrainian military spokesman Anatoly Stelmach
said.
He said there had been some shelling in the district of Mariupol -
mostly government-held territory on the Sea of Azov that Kiev fears
may become the focus of the separatists' next offensive.
 The rebels accused the government forces of also staging attacks,
including on what they said were residential areas of the rebel
stronghold of Donetsk. One woman was killed in the shelling on
Thursday, the separatist press service DAN said.
The fiercest fighting since a truce came into effect on Sunday was
in and around Debaltseve, a strategic rail hub, before Ukrainian
forces withdrew on Wednesday.
A Reuters witness saw a tank emblazoned with the words 'Good Wolf'
firing from a separatist checkpoint outside Vuhlehirsk, a frontline
town near Debaltseve, on Friday morning, indicating fighting had not
ceased completely in the area.
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The leaders of France, Germany, Ukraine and Russia agreed by
telephone on Thursday to make a new effort to ensure the ceasefire
holds. The four countries' foreign ministers are expected to meet
next week to discuss east Ukraine.
(Reporting by Natalia Zinets and Anton Zverev,; Writing by
Alessandra Prentice, Editing by Timothy Heritage)
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