Militia clearing Donetsk airport of Ukrainian army
DONETSK. Sept 3 (Interfax) - The militia claims it is trying to take control of the Donetsk airport premises and to clear it from entrenched Ukrainian army servicemen.
"The [airport] clearing is underway. We cannot say we have full control as of yet; there are still clashes with the enemy on the [airport] premises. The special nature of the facility, which has underground levels, passages and numerous fortified sites - after all, they spent more than a month there and had the possibility and time to entrench - makes the process more complicated," a source in the self-proclaimed Donetsk People's Republic (DPR) staff told Interfax.
Earlier reports said the battle for the airport began last night.
Interfax has yet to obtain information about fighting in the Donetsk airport from Ukrainian sources.