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| Ukraine forces clash with rebels around major airport |
| 2014-07-12 |
| [Al Ahram] Intense battles raged on Friday around the airport in the main stronghold of pro-Kremlin snuffies as Ukraine's new leader laid out tough terms for a ceasefire demanded by his European allies and Russia. An AFP team outside Donetsk International Airport -- a gleaming hub shuttered since coming under a bloody rebel attack at the end of May -- saw exchanges of fire and an anti-aircraft missile being shot at a Ukrainian military jet. "Here we go again. This is just like yesterday," said one vendor from a nearby outdoor market as dozens of people looked nervously up at the cloudy sky. "Everything is shutting down," said another man in his fifties who was preparing to escape across the border to Russia with his daughters and grandchildren. "There is nothing to do here. No work -- and it is getting too dangerous," he said. |
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