Kyiv forces retreated from Luhansk airport after battling a "Russian armed forces" tank column on Sept. 1, Kyiv said, in what Ukrainian president Petro Poroshenko described as the latest stage of Moscow's "direct and open aggression".
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The Telegraph: Ukraine withdraws from Luhansk airport after ‘Russian tank column’ attack
A Ukrainian self-propelled gun on position near the Stanitsa Luganska village, in the Luhansk oblast on Aug. 21, 2014.
