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Ukrainian Security Forces Recapture Donetsk Airport – Interior Minister

Publisher Institute for War and Peace Reporting
Publication Date 27 May 2014
Cite as Institute for War and Peace Reporting, Ukrainian Security Forces Recapture Donetsk Airport – Interior Minister, 27 May 2014, available at: https://www.refworld.org/docid/538c6c084.html [accessed 5 June 2023]
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The airport in Donetsk which was captured by separatists is now under the control of the Ukrainian military, Interior Minister Arsen Avakov reports, according to his ministry's press office.

"The airport is entirely under control. The enemy has suffered grave losses; we have had none," Avakov said. "The operation is continuing this morning."

Avakov said he did not know the precise number of casualties on the separatist side, but presumed they ran into the dozens.

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