Ukrainian troops retreat from Luhansk airport

Monday, September 1, 2014 - 13:54 (EEST) Section: Latest news

Ukrainian security forces have been forced to retreat from the Luhansk airport and the village of Heorhiyivka.
Ukrainian National Security and Defense Council (NSDC) information and analytical center spokesman Andriy Lysenko said this at a briefing in Kyiv on Monday, a Ukrinform correspondent reported.
“In the Luhansk direction Ukrainian servicemen got the order to make an orderly retreat from the Luhansk airport and the village of Heorhiyivka, which is located on the Luhansk-Krasny Luch-Snizhne highway,” Lysenko said.
As reported, Russian units earlier began storming the Luhansk airport. Ukrainian troops were forced to begin a retreat because of artillery shelling.