Many bodies remain in Donetsk airport rubble
Russia-backed separatist stand next to bodies of Ukrainian servicemen retrieved from the rubble of the airport. AP Photo/Vadim Ghirda
BY VADIM GHIRDA
The Associated Press
DONETSK, Ukraine – Ukrainian POWs in the separatist stronghold of Donetsk began a task Wednesday that strained their hearts as well as their muscles: digging through the rubble to retrieve the bodies of fellow soldiers killed last month in the bitter battle for the city’s airport.
Associated Press journalists saw at least four bodies being carried out of the once-glittering, now-obliterated Donetsk airport terminal. A Ukrainian official said seven in all were retrieved. …read more
Source: The News
