Ukraine News: Japan Urges Putin To Respect Ceasefire As Shelling, Unidentified Convoy Hit Rebel-Held Donetsk

Violence ramped in Eastern Ukraine Sunday as the rebel-stronghold of Donetsk got hit by some of the heaviest shelling and fighting it has seen in more than a month. It is still unclear who carried out the attack but the presence of an unidentified knot of troops and artillery prompted Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe to urge Russian leader Vladimir Putin to uphold the ceasefire signed nearly two months ago.