Ukrainians announced their withdrawal from Donetsk airport
Moscow - Kyiv, January 22 (PolitNavigator, Mikhail Stamm) - Ukrainian military on the night of Thursday, January 22, reported that they were “forced” to leave the territory of Donetsk airport, reports RBC with a link to the official Facebook page of the Azov volunteer battalion. The reason is that everything that could serve as a stronghold of defense was completely destroyed.
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The Ukrainian military has left the territory of the Donetsk airport. This is stated in a message on the official page of the Azov volunteer battalion on Facebook. “As it became known, the Ukrainian soldiers who defended the DAP were forced to surrender what was a wonderful, modern airport a year ago. The epic of heroic defense lasted 242 days,” the message says.
Information about the departure of Ukrainian security forces from Donetsk airport is also confirmed by the editor of the portal “Censor.net” Yuriy Butusov. “Defense of Donetsk airport. May 26, 2014 – January 22, 2015. 242 days. The new and old terminal, the control tower, everything that could serve as a strong point of defense was completely destroyed. The airport is under direct fire, but the last surviving defenders left the ruins of the new terminal building only today,” he wrote on his Facebook page.
There are no comments yet from representatives of the DPR militia.
Active fighting for the Donetsk airport resumed several days ago. “In the area of the Donetsk airport, active operations by units of the Armed Forces do not stop. The enemy is resisting, but our defenders are fulfilling their assigned tasks,” the ATO press center said in a statement last Wednesday evening.
On Wednesday evening, the Ukrainian Ministry of Defense spoke about the dead and wounded. The Ministry of Defense also confirmed the capture of a group of Ukrainian military personnel by the militia. “Our soldiers continue to remain in buildings on the airport grounds and in strongholds around the airport. When conducting combat operations, our military uses knowledge of the terrain to hold positions and continue defense,” the message noted.
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