The last thing you expect to see when you pull up at a restaurant is a tank sitting in the parking lot. You're really not expecting to see a T-90 Russian tank captured by Ukraine forces.
Concerns persist that rebels aim to seize the city which would aid establishing a land corridor between mainland Russia and the Russia-annexed Crimea peninsula.
The announcement -- which confirmed a Twitter posting by the rebels -- came as representatives of Ukraine, Russia, the rebels and the Organization for Security and Cooperation in Europe met in Belarus
On Saturday, rebel leader Aleksandr Zakharchenko called for a cease-fire, in a move that could be aimed at increasing international pressure on Ukraine to allow in a Russian aid mission.