Ukraine crisis: Monitors to try to reach Debaltsevo

Observers are to try again to reach the besieged Ukrainian town of Debaltsevo, where fighting has continued despite a ceasefire.

The OSCE were denied access to Debaltsevo by pro-Russian rebels on Sunday, the European security group said.

Militias have said they have the town encircled so it should be considered theirs.

In other areas of Ukraine the ceasefire has broadly been observed.

But the exception has been Debaltseve, a key transport hub, which has seen some of the fiercest fighting in recent weeks.

Although the fighting was reported to have lowered in intensity, shelling continued through Sunday.

“Of course we can open fire (on Debaltseve). It is our territory,” Eduard Basurin, a rebel commander, told Reuters.

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