: :inin Kyiv (EET)

Ukraine troops cede prized airport to pro-Russia rebels


KIEV (AFP) – Ukraines military on Thursday said days of unceasing artillery strikes by pro-Russian insurgents had forced its soldiers to abandon a shattered airport that had become the symbolic prize of the nine-month war.Defence officials said fighting around the ruins of the Donetsk air hub — once one of eastern Europes busiest and most modern — continued despite the deaths of six Ukrainian troops and capture of 20 more by separatists overnight.But Ukraines small paratrooper force had to pull out of the main airport building after a 242-day siege that some media compared to the horrific World War II …read more

Source: Dunya TV

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