DONETSK, Ukraine - Pro-Russian separatists said on May 27 they sustained big losses in yesterday’s gunbattle for control of this city’s international airport as sporadic shooting continued to rock the area around the airport.
Russia's War Against Ukraine
Washington Post: Pro-Russian separatists claim heavy losses in airport gun battles
Pro-Russian fighters take position behind trees during clashes against Ukrainian forces near the airport in Donetsk on May 26, 2014. The battle at the airport in the main eastern rebel-held city of Donetsk on Monday marked a dramatic new phase in the government's offensive against pro-Russian separatists. The fierce confrontation erupted after Ukrainian oligarch Petro Poroshenko, who claimed victory in Sunday's crucial presidential election, vowed he would not let the separatists turn the east into another Somalia. AFP PHOTO / FABIO BUCCIARELLI
