In Donetsk, battles for the airport intensified: militias surrounded it - social networks
Donetsk, August 31 (Navigator, Victoria Litovchenko) – Militias report an assault on the Donetsk airport, local residents confirm active hostilities in the area.
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In Donetsk, numerous explosions and shots are heard from the airport, residents write on social networks.
According to them, in the second half of the day the intensity of shooting in the area of Donetsk airport increased.
The militias also report increased fighting at the Donetsk airport and claim a clean-up operation in its vicinity.
“As part of the assault on the airport, Bezler provided the Donetsk residents with two Tulip self-propelled mortars for temporary use. If this doesn’t seem enough to them, he promised to also bring four large-caliber Pion self-propelled guns,” they write.
“From our radio boys: Donetsk airport is completely surrounded. Now the cleanup is underway - heavy equipment is working. There are prisoners,” reported militiamen from the Vostok battalion.
Previously, the deputy chairman of the Voroshilovsky district of Donetsk, Ivan Prikhodko, wrote on his Facebook page that the airport was occupied by militias. Although this information has not been officially confirmed.
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