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“AT THE beginning of the 1930s, the creators of this airport had no idea what a high-tech facility it would become,” said President Viktor Yanukovych at the opening in 2012 of Donetsk’s new international airport, named after the composer Sergei Prokofiev. He had no idea what a wreck it would become. After eight months of fighting, the buildings are in ruins. Deep craters dot the runway, alongside aircraft hulks. Renewed clashes are reigniting a war that has claimed 5,000 lives.Since May 2014 Ukrainian troops at the airport have been under attack, earning the nickname “cyborgs”. …read more
Source: The Economist
