Part of Donetsk airport's new terminal ruined but Ukrainian army in control - operation spokesman

Tensions persist on the premises of Donetsk airport and around it, spokesman for the army operation in eastern Ukraine Andriy Lysenko said.

"Tensions are the highest in the Donetsk airport area," he said at a press briefing on Wednesday.

According to Lysenko, the old terminal was razed during nine months of hostilities and militants "knocked down the top of the terminal's tower" on January 13.

"The new terminal has been partially destroyed too but it remains under the control of Ukrainian servicemen," he said.

Lysenko added that Ukrainian servicemen captured militants who had made an incursion into the new terminal.