(VOVworld) - At least 15 people have been killed in eastern Ukraine in new shelling despite the signing of a peace deal to end the 10-month conflict.

Pro-Moscow rebels and government officials said Friday that seven civilians were killed across the conflict zone during the past 24 hours while Ukraine's military said eight soldiers lost their lives. The two sides agreed a peace plan Thursday after marathon talks in the Belarussian capital Minsk between the leaders of Russia, Ukraine, France and Germany. A ceasefire across the conflict zone is meant to start at midnight Ukraine time Sunday with both sides supposed to begin pulling back heavy weaponry from along the frontline no later than two days after that.