Militia besieging Donetsk airport
DONETSK. Sept 4 (Interfax) - The Donbas militia said on Thursday evening that forces of the self-proclaimed Donetsk People's Republic (DPR) continue to besiege Donetsk Airport.
It was announced a day earlier that the airport was surrounded by a double circle of militia fighters.
"We continue fighting against the Ukrainian forces holed up inside the airport. We have information that there are foreign mercenaries there. Our proposals for them to surrender have been rejected (by the Ukrainian military)," the DPR defense ministry told Interfax.
Meanwhile, the Ukrainian government forces carried out an artillery strike against the Kyivsky district of Donetsk.
The munitions exploded near a private residential area and the Youth Palace in the central part of the city, an Interfax correspondent reported from the scene. The attack presumably came from the Ukrainian army positions in the airport area.
Paramedics and emergency teams have travelled to the scene. Reports of destruction and casualties are being verified.
The Ukrainian military have yet to comment on the situation at the airport.