Donetsk Airport has become a dystopian ruin, with its runways so cratered, only a helicopter could land. Yet both sides in the fight over it keep claiming to control it. Ukrainians consider it a symbol of their military resurgence since last summer’s painful defeats. Instead, it is coming to embody the senselessness of seeking any military solution to the conflict.
The airport’s career as a symbol began under ousted President Viktor Yanukovych. As Ukraine prepared to host the 2012 European soccer championship, it was expanded to serve 10 million passengers a year. At a cost of 6.5 billion hryvnias (more …read more
Source: National Post
