Photo taken on July 14, 2014 shows a destroyed armoured vehicle in a field near the road of the airport in the south of Luhansk.© AFP
Ukrainian forces are battling pro-Russian rebels at the international airport of the eastern city of Luhansk, a Ukrainian military official has said. The separatists earlier claimed they had seized the airport, but the army said the fighting was still ongoing.
Read the story here. Entities 0 Name: Luhansk Count: 2 Related 0 Url: http://ift.tt/1qqrxaS Title: Preparing for War with Ukraine's Fascist Defenders of Freedom Description: LUHANSK, Ukraine - You smell it before you see it. With no electricity and a steady stream of casualties, Luhansk's morgue is struggling to keep up. On Thursday, Aug. 21, lined up on the lawn outside were 17 bodies -- bloated, engulfed in buzzing flies -- while the staff cleaned the refrigerators, hoping that they would soon restart after several weeks of power outage.
