Built for almost $1 billion dollars ahead of the Euro 2012 football championship, Donetsk airport — once a shining gem of the regional capital — has been the focus of intense fighting during the conflict in eastern Ukraine since May , as Russian-backed separatist rebels battle Kiev's government forces for control over its grounds. After nearly nine months of close-quarters combat that included fierce tank battles, the rebels this week managed to dislodge Ukrainian fighters from their positions inside one of the terminals, and from the underground tunnel network they used to move in and out without taking fire. http://on.mash.to/1Cw54zI http://bit.ly/1fJ5yqZ
Before and After Photos: War Reduces Ukraine's Donetsk Airport to Rubble
Built for almost $1 billion dollars ahead of the Euro 2012 football championship, Donetsk airport — once a shining gem of the regional capital — has been the focus of intense fighting during the conflict in eastern Ukraine since May , as Russian-backed separatist rebels battle Kiev's government forces for control over its grounds. After nearly nine months of close-quarters combat that included fierce tank battles, the rebels this week managed to dislodge Ukrainian fighters from their positions inside one of the terminals, and from the underground tunnel network they used to move in and out without taking fire. http://on.mash.to/1Cw54zI http://bit.ly/1fJ5yqZ
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