DONETSK, Ukraine — A fierce firefight broke out on May 26 afternoon after separatist rebels seized the main airport here, and Ukrainian government forces moved to retake control. A bombardment of the airport began shortly after noon, with smoke rising into the air. In the Kievsky neighborhood in the northern part of Donetsk, the boom of artillery startled pedestrians who scanned the skies for the source of the shelling.
Russia's War Against Ukraine
New York Times: Pro-Russian rebels seize airport in Ukraine
A woman cries as pro-Russia militants parade to mark Donetsk and Lugansk regions' independence from Ukraine in Donetsk on May 25, 2014/ AFP PHOTO/ ALEXANDER KHUDOTEPLY
