Ukraine military spokesman Andriy Lysenko said today that troops launched a “mass operation” overnight retaking almost all the territory of Donetsk Airport lost to separatists in recent weeks
The army’s offensive at the airport brought the fighting close to the city of Donetsk itself, centre of the pro-Russian separatist rebellion. Residents reported intensified outgoing shelling including from residential areas in central parts of the separatist-held city.
The decision was taken for a mass operation …. We succeeded in almost completely cleaning the territory of the airport, which belongs to the territory of Ukrainian forces as marked by military separation lines
Lysenko said the operation had returned the battle lines near the airport to the previous status quo and that the Ukrainian army had thus not violated the Minsk 12-point peace plan agreed with Russia and separatist leaders last September.
Reuters has more on the story here
No comment from the Russian/separatists as yet that I’ve seen, but if you have any additional information then please post it in the comments below
Ariel view of recent fighting at Donetsk Airport
