Ukrainian Separatists Attack Airport as Kiev Sends Troops
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Pro-Russian militants resumed their assault on Ukrainian government soldiers at Donetsk airport as President Petro Poroshenko sent more troops to the country’s eastern conflict zone.
Ukrainian soldiers were holding their positions at the airport, repelling a “full-scale storm” from the separatists, Yuriy Biryukov, a military adviser to Poroshenko, said on his Facebook page today. The fighting was continuing at 8 p.m. local time, according to a Defense Ministry statement.