Attempts of Ukrainian troops to take today revenge for the defeat last fall failed, told reporters the head of the DND Alexander Zakharchenko.

Zakharchenko said that the militia drove the security forces from the Sand, where it first Ukrainian artillery led the daily shelling of the Donetsk airport and the city itself.

"Attempts of Ukrainian troops to take today revenge for the defeat last fall failed," said Zakharchenko.

" Towards evening on Gorlovka Ukrainian bombers struck 500-pound bombs. Moreover, the bombing was carried out shooting from behind the clouds, just in the city ", - noted the head of DND.

Zakharchenko said that as a result of the actions of Ukrainian troops in Donetsk were killed and wounded more than 30 people, and among them children.

sections: Politics