Heavy fighting has continued in Eastern Ukraine as pro-Russian separatists are attempting to capture a key airport from Ukrainian government control.
Donetsk airport, thought to be strategically important for both sides in the conflict, has seen increasingly heavy fighting around it for the past few days. Separatists claimed to have controlled sections of the airport, but the government says they have been pushed back and regained control of all terminals.
An Associated Press reporter said that tanks belonging to the separatists were seen firing shells at the airport's main terminal, where government troops are holed up.
A fragile ceasefire declared on 5 September looks increasingly under threat of collapsing.
The latest fighting comes as US Secretary of State John Kerry spoke to Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov to "express his concern about intensifying violence in eastern Ukraine".
More than 3,500 people have been killed in the Eastern Donetsk and Luhansk regions in the fighting so far. Earlier this week, an ICRC office was hit by shelling, killing a Swiss employee. Both sides blamed each other for the attack.
See our earlier post: Red Cross worker killed in Donetsk shell attack (03 Oct 2014)
Donetsk airport, thought to be strategically important for both sides in the conflict, has seen increasingly heavy fighting around it for the past few days. Separatists claimed to have controlled sections of the airport, but the government says they have been pushed back and regained control of all terminals.
An Associated Press reporter said that tanks belonging to the separatists were seen firing shells at the airport's main terminal, where government troops are holed up.
A fragile ceasefire declared on 5 September looks increasingly under threat of collapsing.
The latest fighting comes as US Secretary of State John Kerry spoke to Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov to "express his concern about intensifying violence in eastern Ukraine".
More than 3,500 people have been killed in the Eastern Donetsk and Luhansk regions in the fighting so far. Earlier this week, an ICRC office was hit by shelling, killing a Swiss employee. Both sides blamed each other for the attack.
See our earlier post: Red Cross worker killed in Donetsk shell attack (03 Oct 2014)