UKRAINE, East – Rebels say Ukrainian soldiers still control a supply road. Nine soldiers and seven civilians have died during fighting for the town which holds a key railway link and neighbouring Avdiivka since Sunday. Kiev says twenty six soldiers have also been injured. Ukraine’s President Petro Poroshenko told Parliament the rebels had also attacked Kramatorsk, 30 miles from front line. Meanwhile, Ukraine says it has made gains north east Mariupol in several villages close to the border to Russia.