(3 Oct 2014) Pro-Russian rebels pressed on to seize the key Donetsk Airport in eastern Ukraine on Friday despite fierce resistance by government forces.
Three rebel tanks fired at the main terminal of Donetsk Airport, where government forces have holed up.
Sniper shots rang around the area.
Rebels have made some gains in the area near the airport, seizing some buildings on its fringes and using them to target the main terminal.
Fighting for the airport has intensified this week, threatening to derail the truce declared on September 5.
A follow-up deal which called for both parties to pull back their artillery to create a buffer zone hasn't been implemented.
Speaking from Donetsk on Friday, Maksim Shevchenko, member of the Russian Presidential Council for Human Rights, said he would inform the Russian president about the "level of violence" of the conflict in eastern Ukraine.
Kiev and the West have asserted that Moscow is fuelling the separatist insurgency in eastern Ukraine by providing arms and personnel, something Russia denies.
The pro-Russian rebels, in turn, have accused the Ukrainian government forces of breaching the truce and shelling residential areas of Donetsk.
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