CNN, Donetsk, Ukraine :More artillery fire and shelling. More deaths. More disputes surrounding Russian convoys-filled with aid, according to Moscow, though they were never checked by Ukrainian or International Red Cross officials-that jetted in and out of eastern Ukraine.And out of all this, more questions whether the ceasefire in Ukraine-if you can still call it that-struck after talks involving officials from Kiev, Moscow and rebel-held areas can hold.In an interview with TV Tsentr, Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov said the truce agreed upon in Minsk, Belarus, appeared to be holding generally and that Moscow, at least, is ready to work toward a long-term peace.”Sporadic exchanges of fire occur on both sides, but the process of establishing (a) durable peace is still in progress,” he said, according to parts of that interview published by the state-run Itar-Tass news agency.Progress was hard to see Saturday in Donetsk, one of the biggest cities in the war-torn region and a hotbed for clashes. Explosions and gunfire reverberated through the area around the city’s airport, according to CNN crews on scene.National Defense and Security Council spokesman Col. Andriy Lysenko said in a televised Kiev news briefing that a GRAD missile system was used in the attack on the airport, from three different points in the area.Donetsk City Council reported that at least two homes in the area were hit.The Kiev government claimed that Ukrainian military positions were also being targeted in at least 15 other spots around Donetsk and at least three around Luhansk, according to the Ukrinform state news agency.A spokesman for Ukraine’s national defense council said at least one Ukrainian solider had been killed and five others wounded since the announcement of the truce.
