Ukrainian Rebels Keep Up Attacks On Government-Held Airport In Donetsk -- Reuters

(Reuters) - Ukraine accused Russian forces on Friday of helping separatists step up pressure on government troops holding the main airport in the eastern city of Donetsk, threatening a fragile ceasefire.

Military spokesman Andriy Lysenko said Ukrainian forces had repelled several separatist attacks on the airport in the past 24 hours but "non-stop fighting" continued and "significant numbers of armor, heavy artillery and troops" had moved into the area.

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Ukraine Crisis News Updates -- October 3, 2014

Ukraine conflict: Heavy fighting for Donetsk airport -- BBC
Fighting rages around airport in eastern Ukraine -- AP
Pro-Russia rebels stage renewed Ukraine airport assault -- AFP
Residential Areas in Central Donetsk Under Heavy Artillery Bombardment -- RIA Novosti
Shelling of Donetsk residential areas inadmissible — EU foreign policy chief -- ITAR-TASS
EU worried by new Ukraine fighting despite truce -- AFP
Ukraine needs truce to raise army combat readiness — Poroshenko -- ITAR-TASS
Ukraine Conflict Kills Red Cross Worker as Battles Rage On -- Bloomberg
International Red Cross Worker Killed in Ukraine as Battle for Donetsk Airport Heats Up -- Vice News
Ukraine crisis: Red Cross condemns Donetsk shelling -- BBC
Swiss Red Cross worker killed by shell in Ukraine's Donetsk -- Reuters
Red Cross suffers first fatality in Ukraine -- Euronews
Russia says Swiss aid worker was killed by mortar fire from Ukraine-held area -- Reuters
EU Says Shocked by Killing of Red Cross Worker in East Ukraine, Shelling Unacceptable -- RIA Novosti
U.N., OSCE call for warring sides to abide by Ukraine ceasefire -- CNN
EU Warns Putin of New Sanctions If Ukraine Rebels Grab Land -- Bloomberg
Ukraine ceasefire must be observed, Russia's Lavrov tells Kerry -- Reuters
Ukraine Wary of Fragile Peace as Patriotism Surges -- ABC News/AP
Ukraine’s refugees in Russia are there to stay, in new twist for conflict -- Washington post
Gazprom accuses Poland, Hungary, Slovakia of rerouting Russian gas to Ukraine -- RT
Kiev Hopes To Bring Crimea Back With Help Of Int’l Community: Ukraine’s UN Envoy -- RIA Novosti
Anders Aslund: What will happen to Russian-Ukrainian trade after the war in Donbass -- Kyiv Post
Ukraine's Enemy Within -- Anders Åslund, WSJ