UNITED NATIONS, United States – UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon voiced alarm Sunday over fierce fighting around the Donetsk airport in eastern Ukraine and called for an immediate end to the violence.Heavy shelling rocked the city as Ukraine rushed tanks to the frontlines and declared it had pushed back pro-Russian rebels from most of the airport.Ban said in a statement that he was “alarmed by the severe escalation of fighting.”The fighting threatened to completely unravel a September 2014 ceasefire, the UN chief said, calling for “an immediate and full cessation of hostilities.”At least 14 people were killed, including four Ukrainian soldiers …read more
Source: AsiaOne
