Donetsk Airport overrun by rebels, say army volunteers
Kremlin-backed insurgents have taken over Donetsk Airport, killing dozens of Ukrainian troops, members of the army’s volunteer support network said on January 21.
Such a loss would mark Ukraine’s most significant and bloodiest tragedy since the battle for Illovaisk in August 2014, in which hundreds of Ukrainian troops were killed. Ukrainian troops’ defence of the airport, besieged since September, had become a symbol of pride for Ukrainians, with its occupants immortalized as “the cyborgs”.
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