At Least 30 Dead in Ukraine Airport Battle; Government Claims Control

Ukraine's government said Tuesday it had retaken control of the airport in Donetsk after a bloody battle with pro-Russian separatists that left at last 30 insurgent fighters dead.

Mashable correspondent Christopher J. Miller is in the Donetsk morgue as of this moment and reports seeing "seriously mangled" bodies of insurgent fighters. He said the head of the morgue gave a death toll of 33 fighters and 2 civilians

Interior Minister Arsen Avakov said in a statement: "The airport is under our full control. The enemy suffered heavy losses. We have none."

Despite the government's claim of control, fighting continued into the early afternoon near the airport, suggesting that the government was still struggling to gain control of the area, according to the New York Times Read more...

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