4 December 2014

The battle for Pisky - the village that’s key to controlling Donetsk airport

Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty: 03. December 2014


Ukrainian serviceman stands in front of his touch base in Pisky village, Donetsk Oblast on Oct. 25.

http://www.rferl.org/media/video/ukraine-pisky-donetsk-fighting/26723392.html

Despite the announcement of a new cease-fire around Donetsk, there have been reports of continued fighting around the airport and the nearby village of Pisky. Here, a mix of Ukrainian government forces, volunteer battalions, and Right Sector nationalists have been fighting artillery duels with Russian-backed separatists. RFE/RL visited the village on November 30. Nearly all of the 2,000 inhabitants have fled, but we found some who have remained amid the ruins. (Levko Stek, RFE/RL’s Ukrainian Service)

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