Ukraine: Warplanes bomb Donetsk airport in rebel hands
Ukrainian government warplanes on Monday bombed the illegal armed groups that had seized Donetsk airport and refused to surrender.
“At 1300 the terrorists who had illegally penetrated onto the territory of the airport in Donetsk were issued an ultimatum for them to lay down their arms and surrender to the counterterrorist operation forces. It has been reported that if the demands were not satisfied the Ukrainian military would take the military option to liberate the airport,” Vladyslav Selezniov, spokesman for the anti-terrorist operation, said on Facebook.
He said the ultimatum had been ignored, and so “an air strike was carried out against the terrorists’ positions.”
First of all, a Sukhoi Su-25 jet delivered warning strikes to force the gunmen to surrender. “Panic began in the militants’ ranks. After that, a Mikoyan MiG-29 attacked places where terrorists had built up pockets of resistance.” Selezniov said.