Ukrainian forces pull back from airport at Luhansk: Kiev military

Ukrainian forces have pulled back from the main airport at Luhansk in the east of the country after being given the order to do so, a Ukrainian military spokesman said on Monday. Earlier, a military statement said Ukrainian paratroopers were fighting a Russian tank battalion in a bid to hold onto the airport outside Luhansk, a separatist stronghold on the border with Russia. "In the Luhansk direction, Ukrainian forces have received an order and have pulled back from the airport," the spokesman Andriy Lysenko told reporters. Read More http://ift.tt/1r3kQfS