As darkness fell in Donetsk, a city of about 1 million in eastern
Ukraine, it was unclear who was in control of the airport. Hundreds of
fighters of the separatist Donetsk People's Republic had been brought by
trucks to a wooded area on the fringes of the airport, many of them
armed with rocket-propelled grenade launchers and automatic rifles. At
least one warplane streaked over the city, firing flares, and explosions
were heard from the direction of the airport.
Early Tuesday, the DPR said on its Twitter account that a truck carrying
wounded from the airport area came under fire and that the driver was
killed.
The rebels, who declared independence for Donetsk and the neighboring
Luhansk region after a hastily called and dubious referendum two weeks
ago, regarded Sunday's election of candy tycoon Petro Poroshenko as
president to be illegitimate.
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