7 Ukrainian soldiers, and among them two officers, were taken prisoner by the militia in the district of Donetsk airport, said at a press conference, Deputy commander of the armed forces of the self-proclaimed Donetsk national Republic (DND) Eduard Bacurin.

As first reported by the headquarters of the militia DND, Donetsk airport and surrounding area are under the control of militias.

"Captured 7 soldiers of the Ukrainian army, and among them two officers, Lieutenant - Colonel and Lieutenant, Ukrainian security forces captured in the airport area during attempts to attack our positions," said Bacurin.

Ukrainian Military 18 January intensified shelling of Donetsk, Kiev officially acknowledged that the airport city Military is conducting a massive special operation. In the end the fighting and shelling damaged houses, communications and infrastructure.

Chapter DND Alexander Zakharchenko on the first day of the week has been accused Kiev of violating the truce and attack in Donetsk, he tried to convince the OSCE to make the Ukrainian Authorities to perform Minsk consensus.

The Ukrainian authorities began in April in the Donbass military operation against dissatisfied with the February coup d'etat in the region. According to the UN, the victims of the conflict were more than 4, 8 thousands of civilians. The ninth of December in the Donbass began a consistent militias and security forces through the mediation of the OSCE another truce. On January 9, the intensity of attacks in the region has increased, and among them fired residential areas of Donetsk.

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