The head of Ukraine's anti-terrorist centre said today there was heavy fighting in the eastern town of Kramatorsk, south of rebel stronghold Slaviansk.
Offering few details, Vasyl Krutov told a news conference: "There is gunfire and clashes around Kramatorsk ... What we are facing in the Donetsk region and in the eastern regions is not just some kind of short-lived uprising, it is in fact a war."