Military operation press center: Government forces recapture Dzerzhynsk, 'mopping up' Rubizhne

Interfax Ukraine: 21, July 2014


Ukrainian flag flown again in city of Rubizhne, Lugansk region, July 21st 2014.

Ukrainian government forces have recaptured Dzerzhynsk in Donetsk region from the Russian-sponsored separatists, the press center of the anti-terrorist operation in eastern Ukraine said on July 21.

Around 16 00 local time, a forward detachment of the Ukrainian Armed Forces has entered Mayorsk, a suburb of Horlivka (Donetsk region), according to the locally-based 62.ua news Web site.

The Ukrainian Air Forces have started restoring three former military airfields in the country's southern region: Martynivka (Voznesensk, Mykolaiv region), Buyalyk and Chervonohlynske (both in Odesa region).

Currently, the runways on the airfields are being covered with Dyckerhoff monolithic concrete, - the Ukrainian Military Portal.

Servicemen of the Ukraine's 30th mechanized brigade of the 8th Army Corps at the front in Luhansk Oblast, eastern Ukraine

The Ukrainian military last night forced the militants to leave the Luhansk aerodrome, partially blocking Lysychansk, and cut them from supply routes, the press center for the anti-terrorist operation reported on Monday morning, July 21.

Three killed, one injured during fighting near train station and airport in Donetsk

2 tanks, 3 APCs, dozen of vehicles with separatists from the "Vostok" battalion were seen on the move through Artema street in Donetsk, July 21 2014

Donetsk - Hostilities are taking place in the Kuibyshevsky district of Donetsk on Monday, July 21, with shells fired from heavy weapons hitting local residential buildings.

Militants wait for arriving trains and immediately evacuate passengers from Donetsk train station

The fighting were reported near the train station and the airport in Donetsk on Monday, July 21 has left three people dead and one injured, the health care department of the Donetsk Regional State Administration has reported.

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