UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon  calls on all sides in Ukraine to end the violence. He expressed concerns over the  fierce fighting in Ukraine and rising death toll.

Two children -7 and 16 years old ,died as a result of shelling yesterday. Their 8-year-old sister is wounded.

The heavy shelling rocked Donetsk airport. Governmental forces declared they had pushed back pro-Russian rebels from most of the territory.