10 Jul 2014 18:02

Militiamen attack govt forces at Donetsk airport - Donetsk People's Republic minister

DONETSK, Ukraine. July 10 (Interfax) - A "special forces" unit of the self-proclaimed Donetsk People's Republic attacked Ukrainian government forces at Donetsk airport at 2 p.m. on Thursday and another militia force rebuffed a tank attack near Donetsk the same day, DPR Defense Minister Igor Girkin (Strelkov) said.

Girkin, who was speaking at a news conference in Donetsk, said militia forces on Thursday beat off a tank attack in the vicinity of the village of Karlivka, which lies between Donetsk and Kramatorsk.

He said the DPR leadership had begun to form a centralized military command for the DPR and the Luhansk People's Republic - "a single military command for Novorossia."