Ukrainian Troops Defend Donetsk Airport as Truce Wavers
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Ukraine’s military fought off waves of separatist assaults on the Donetsk airport today, destabilizing a cease-fire that kept violence and casualties in check for most of last month.
The rebels suffered “many” casualties, Andriy Lysenko, a spokesman for the Ukrainian military, told reporters in Kiev. Government forces are under continued shelling and lost one serviceman in the past 24 hours, while the airport remains under the control of Ukrainian forces, he said. There was no independent confirmation of the figures for separatist deaths.