Ukraine crisis: Army retreats at Donetsk airport

Ukraine crisis Army retreats at Donetsk airport

         Ukraine's defence ministry says its troops have withdrawn from the main terminal of Donetsk airport, the scene of bitter fighting in recent weeks.

        It said the military retained control of parts of the airport, but that six soldiers had died and 16 were wounded.
          In Donetsk itself, at least nine people were killed when a civilian bus was hit by shelling.
Fighting between the army and Russian-backed separatists has intensified in and around rebel-held Donetsk.
          More than 4,800 people have been killed and some 1.2 million displaced since pro-Russian rebels seized parts of Luhansk and Donetsk regions in April.
The rebel movements followed Russia's annexation of Ukraine's Crimea peninsula in March.
The deaths come after Ukraine, Russia, France and Germany issued a joint call to end fighting in the east.
         They also agreed on a line of demarcation between separatists and government forces from which both sides are meant to withdraw their forces, but so far this has not been carried out.

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