Donetsk Faces Kiev's Full-Scale Military Action (DPR Leader)

The self-proclaimed Donetsk People’s Republic (DPR) has to defend itself as Kiev de-facto resumed a full-scale military action in eastern Ukraine, DPR leader Andrei Purgin said Thursday.
“A full-scale war is underway. We are under attack, and we are defending ourselves,” he said.
Earlier on Thursday DPR reported that a tank column of Kiev security officials had entered Donetsk suburbs, and fire in Donetsk surroundings was resumed. On Monday night fighting was resumed near the Donetsk airport.

Following a February coup in Kiev, residents of Donetsk and Luhansk in eastern Ukraine established people's republics that later declared independence. An armed conflict escalated in eastern Ukraine in mid-April, when Kiev launched a military operation against independence supporters in the region............http://en.ria.ru/world/20141106/195211384/Donetsk-Faces-Kievs-Full-Scale-Military-Action-Leader.html
6/11/14
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