Ukraine War News Updates -- March 2, 2015

Volunteers of the separatist self-proclaimed Donetsk People's Republican guard fire their weapons during shooting training in Donetsk March 1, 2015. Credit: Reuters/Baz Ratner

Reuters: Pro-Russian rebels train for more fighting despite Ukraine truce

(Reuters) - A ceasefire is broadly holding at last on the front line in eastern Ukraine, but fighters in the separatist stronghold of Donetsk are training for another round of clashes against government troops.

Honing their skills under the eye of rebel commanders, fighters fired automatic assault rifles, grenade launchers and even an anti-tank missile at targets propped against a pile of earth and rock discarded from a nearby mine on Sunday.

Ukraine War News Updates -- March 2, 2015

Ukraine's military says one Ukrainian serviceman killed in past 24 hours -- Reuters
Ukraine Battalion Commander Dies After Crashing Into WWII Memorial -- Sputnik
Ukraine military says rebels using truce to regroup -- Reuters
Ukraine's Mariupol holds its breath for next rebel move -- Reuters
Ukraine Crisis: Mariupol's volunteer defence force -- BBC
Ukraine braces for bombings -- Kyiv Post
Poroshenko Increases Force Numbers Amid Shaky Truce in Donbas -- Sputnik
DPR says Ukrainian artillery systems not yet pulled out from contact line in Donbas -- ITAR-TASS
US Ambassador to Ukraine: Russian army generals involved in Ukraine conflict -- Ukraine Today
Ukraine in appeal for international peacekeeping force -- Deutsche Welle
Deployment of peacekeepers in Ukraine not envisioned by Minsk documents — DPR envoy -- ITAR-TASS
No other international presence in Ukraine but OSCE mentioned in Minsk accords — Lavrov -- ITAR-TASS
Rebel deminers comb Ukraine battleground town -- AFP
Fighting in eastern Ukraine displaces Donetsk’s soccer team -- Washington Times
Kerry, Lavrov in 'hopeful' talks as Ukraine toll tops 6,000 -- AFP
Kerry and Lavrov hold 'frank discussions' over Ukraine ceasefire -- The Guardian
Kerry 'hopeful' about Ukraine cease-fire deal -- USA Today
Ukraine rebels take 'piecemeal' approach to ceasefire - Kerry -- BBC
Kerry says Putin 'misinterprets' U.S. efforts in Ukraine -- Reuters
Hollande calls for immediate Ukraine ceasefire, heavy weapon withdrawal -- Reuters
Ukraine, Russia, France, Germany to talk today on Ukraine peace: Kremlin -- Reuters
Without Mariupol Ukraine Will Lose Currency Receipts -- Sputnik
Ukraine's PM Arseniy Yatsenyuk warns of 'tough reforms' -- BBC