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NATO confirms Russian troops shift to Ukraine| Ukrinform
NATO confirms Russian troops shift to Ukraine
KYIV, January 22 /Ukrinform/. NATO cannot yet confirm the exact number of Russian troops on the territory of Ukraine, but it sees their movement across the border under cover of anti-aircraft systems and electronic warfare.
This has been announced on Thursday by Supreme Allied Commander Europe General Phillip Breedlove, an Ukrinform correspondent reports from Brussels.
"We cannot yet confirm the exact number of Russian troops - additional Russian troops - in the east of Ukraine," the commander of NATO forces in Europe said.
The General did not provide more information on the presence of Russian troops in Ukraine, noting that this issue was within the competence of the intelligence.
He noted that situation in the region of ground military clashes in Ukraine "is not good."
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BBC News - Ukraine crisis: Army retreats at Donetsk airport
Ukrainian troops have withdrawn from the main terminal of Donetsk airport, scene of bitter fighting in recent weeks, the government confirmed.
It said the military retained control of parts of the airport but six soldiers had died and 16 were wounded.
In the centre of the rebel-held city, shelling hit a bus, killing 13 people.
Rebels paraded captured Ukrainian soldiers at the scene, as onlookers shouted abuse and beat or pelted them with debris from the blast site.
The rebels and the government traded blame for the attack, which comes nine days after a shell also killed 13 people on a bus in the village of Buhas outside Volnovakha, 35km (22 miles) south-west of Donetsk.
Fighting between the army and Russian-backed separatists has intensified in and around Donetsk as well as further east in Luhansk region.
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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Ukrainian Media refutes the article of BBC
Defense Ministry: Ukrainian soldiers control part of Donetsk airport, fighting continues : UNIAN news
The Ukrainian armed forces have not left the airport in Donetsk and fierce battles are continuing there, the press center of the Defense Ministry said on Thursday.
"As of this moment, the battle for Donetsk airport is still continuing. Our soldiers continue to protect some of the buildings," Acting Speaker of the General Staff of Ukraine Vladyslav Selezniov said.
He said that the building of the new terminal had been almost completely destroyed because of the constant shelling on the positions of the Ukrainian defenders at the airport.
"Due to the fact that the terminal had been shot through by direct fire, last night it was decided to withdraw from the territory of the terminal to new frontiers," Selezniov said.
"The prosecuting authorities of the Donetsk region have operational information from witnesses in Donetsk who saw that the mortars were fired from a van in the Kuibyshev district in the direction of the Leninskiy district of Donetsk," the prosecutor's office said.
NATO confirms Russian troops shift to Ukraine
KYIV, January 22 /Ukrinform/. NATO cannot yet confirm the exact number of Russian troops on the territory of Ukraine, but it sees their movement across the border under cover of anti-aircraft systems and electronic warfare.
This has been announced on Thursday by Supreme Allied Commander Europe General Phillip Breedlove, an Ukrinform correspondent reports from Brussels.
"We cannot yet confirm the exact number of Russian troops - additional Russian troops - in the east of Ukraine," the commander of NATO forces in Europe said.
The General did not provide more information on the presence of Russian troops in Ukraine, noting that this issue was within the competence of the intelligence.
He noted that situation in the region of ground military clashes in Ukraine "is not good."
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BBC News - Ukraine crisis: Army retreats at Donetsk airport
Ukrainian troops have withdrawn from the main terminal of Donetsk airport, scene of bitter fighting in recent weeks, the government confirmed.
It said the military retained control of parts of the airport but six soldiers had died and 16 were wounded.
In the centre of the rebel-held city, shelling hit a bus, killing 13 people.
Rebels paraded captured Ukrainian soldiers at the scene, as onlookers shouted abuse and beat or pelted them with debris from the blast site.
The rebels and the government traded blame for the attack, which comes nine days after a shell also killed 13 people on a bus in the village of Buhas outside Volnovakha, 35km (22 miles) south-west of Donetsk.
Fighting between the army and Russian-backed separatists has intensified in and around Donetsk as well as further east in Luhansk region.
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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Ukrainian Media refutes the article of BBC
Defense Ministry: Ukrainian soldiers control part of Donetsk airport, fighting continues : UNIAN news
The Ukrainian armed forces have not left the airport in Donetsk and fierce battles are continuing there, the press center of the Defense Ministry said on Thursday.
"As of this moment, the battle for Donetsk airport is still continuing. Our soldiers continue to protect some of the buildings," Acting Speaker of the General Staff of Ukraine Vladyslav Selezniov said.
He said that the building of the new terminal had been almost completely destroyed because of the constant shelling on the positions of the Ukrainian defenders at the airport.
"Due to the fact that the terminal had been shot through by direct fire, last night it was decided to withdraw from the territory of the terminal to new frontiers," Selezniov said.
"The prosecuting authorities of the Donetsk region have operational information from witnesses in Donetsk who saw that the mortars were fired from a van in the Kuibyshev district in the direction of the Leninskiy district of Donetsk," the prosecutor's office said.
