Armoured personnel carriers patrol in the northeastern Ukrainian city of Kharkiv on January 22, 2015 -© AFP / by Dmitry Zaks
KIEV: Ukraine’s 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 Europe’s busiest and most modern — continued despite the deaths of six Ukrainian troops and capture of 20 more by separatists overnight.
But Ukraine’s small paratrooper force had to pull out of …read more
Source: The Borneo Post
