Three dead as Kiev accuses Ukraine rebels of shelling

Members of the Ukrainian armed forces ride on armoured personnel carriers near Artemivsk, eastern Ukraine, March 3, 2015. REUTERS/Gleb Garanich

KIEV/DONETSK, Ukraine (Reuters) - Three Ukrainian servicemen were killed and nine wounded as pro-Russian rebels shelled government positions despite a ceasefire deal, the military said on Tuesday, announcing Kiev's highest casualty toll in several days.

The losses underscore the fragility of a two-week-old ceasefire agreement which Ukrainian President Petro Poroshenko has called the last chance for peace between Kiev and the separatists he says are being armed by Russia.