Ukraine rushed fresh troops and supplies Saturday to the devastated remains of a key airport near the Russian border as explosions and heavy rebel gunfire shook the area and hopes for peace talks continued to fade.
Troops described the shelling by pro-Russian separatists at Donetsk airport as some of the worst of the nine-month rebellion, with the French news agency AFP reporting as many as six new fatalities.
In comments to Kyiv television, Ukraine military spokesman Andriy Lysenko described airport conditions as “difficult, indeed.” But he said, “The situation remains under [government] control,” and that government forces were being …read more
Source: Voice of America
