A week of fighting in the eastern Ukrainian rebel capital of Donetsk continued through Friday, with the main clashes again focused on the military-held airport, as rebel tanks tried to push into the area.
The fighting in Donetsk continues to strain the ceasefire across eastern Ukraine, though so far the clashes seem confined to the city itself, with the rest of the region still relatively calm.
While the rebels have pushed toward the airport, the military has shelled rebel-held residential areas in the city, killing 11 people over the course of the week, including 10 on Wednesday.
The US, as it so often does in the case of Ukraine flareups, blamed the situation on Russia, and the State Department demanded that Russia intervene to stop the rebels from attacking the airport.
But, of course, the US won't intervene to stop the Ukrainians from shelling civilians in Donetsk.
How would the U.S. intervene to stop the bloodshed caused by Ukraine army shelling civilians, it was USG and chevron $5 billion dollars which by Victoria Nuland was given to Ukraine Neo fascism to start the war. USG simply have washed its hands from militarly being involved but it will supply arms to Ukraine, sending troops to Poland and other part of east Europe preparing for war with Russia, so, off course, the last real stat in eastern Ukraine is this airport and it well be captured within a weeks by the people, those who have the power in eastern Ukraine, people's power.