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Battle for control of Donetsk airport

2014-05-27 392 Dailymotion

ROUGH CUT - NO REPORTER NARRATION<br/> <br />Ukrainian government warplanes carried out airstrikes against pro-Russian rebels who seized Donetsk international airport on Monday, triggering a battle in and around the complex in a show of force by both sides after the election of a new president.<br/> <br />Reuters journalists saw black smoke billowing from the area of the airport after repeated explosions and gunfire, while jets roared overhead. A security official said paratroops had also landed in one of the fiercest clashes since violence broke out in Russian-speaking eastern Ukraine some two months ago.<br/> <br />There was no full account from either side of casualties but the press service of the regional administration said one man had been killed and two injured by shrapnel of a shell which struck a part of the railway station serving the airport.<br/> <br />A spokesman for the Ukrainian joint forces' security operation in the region said two Sukhoi Su-25 jets had carried out strafing runs, firing

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