(VOVworld) – The Donetsk People’s Republic will pull of the new ceasefire in eastern Ukraine unless the Ukrainian government forces stops shelling its territory by next week, head of the Donetsk People’s Republic Alexander Zakharchenko warned on Saturday.

A damaged apartment house is seen after shelling in Donetsk, eastern Ukraine. (Photo: AP)

Early this week, leaders of the Donetsk People’s Republic and Luhansk People’s Republic in Donbass announced ceasefires effective midnight September 15 and urged Kiev to follow suit. They banned retaliations against Ukraine’s military provocations. But Donetsk reported several times that Ukraine continued shelling its areas along the demarcation line. Kiev accused pro-separatists in eastern Ukraine of violating the ceasefire and killing a number of Ukrainian soldiers.