e-News® | The NEWS Company…KIEV, Jan 16, 2015 : Fierce fighting in east Ukraine has killed at least 11 people over the past 24 hours, officials said Friday, as government forces and pro-Russian rebels battled for control of a key airport.
A military spokesman reported six soldiers killed and 18 others wounded over the past day, adding that a civilian was killed in a rebel strike on a checkpoint. City officials in hard-hit Donetsk earlier said four civilians died after shelling sparked a fire at a warehouse.