Ukrainian army today announced that on Friday spurned assault on the airport in Donetsk,

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Kiev. Ukrainian army today announced that on Friday spurned assault on the airport in Donetsk, which was carried out despite ceasefire in eastern Ukraine, reported AFP.
"On Friday, many rebels with reinforcements of six tanks committed assault against the airport in Donetsk, which was heroically repelled by the soldiers," said Chief of Staff of the forces involved in the operation in the eastern regions of Ukraine.

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