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DONETSK, Ukraine, Jan. 19 (UPI) -- The battle for the strategic airport in Donetsk, Ukraine, has escalated between the Ukrainian government and Russian-backed rebel forces.

A Ukrainian military spokesman said the airport was under government control on Sunday, but rebel military command launched a counteroffensive at a strategic bridge, which was destroyed in the fighting.

Ukraine has accused Russia of sending two battalions of soldiers as the battle continues.

All-out warfare could begin as both sides ignore a ceasefire established in September.

Rebel officials said at least eight soldiers were killed and 33 were injured since Sunday. Ukraine defense officials said three of its soldiers died and 66 were injured within a day.

The acquisition of the airport is mainly symbolic because, after months of fighting, the airport is no longer functional.

The military troops fighting the rebels "demonstrated their courage, patriotism, heroism, as a model for how our country must be defended," according to Ukranian President Petro Poroshenko.

"We will not give away one scrap of Ukrainian land," Poroshenko said to a crowd gathered in Kiev to pay tribute after a civilian bus was hit by a shell, killing 13.

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DONETSK, Ukraine: Sporadic shelling hit a hospital in Donetsk and shook other parts of the region on Monday (Jan 19) while Ukraine alleged that hundreds of Russian troops crossed the border to help rebels fighting for control of the country's east.

Ukraine's fresh charges of Russia backing the rebels comes after each side blamed the other for a complete breakdown of a September truce in recent days, with heavy combat having rocked the area around Donetsk airport.

Despite the sporadic explosions on Monday, the overall violence was far less than in previous days, when heavy clashes rocked the area around the airport northwest of the city after Ukraine launched a major counter-offensive to push back the rebels.

The hospital hit on Monday is located in the centre of the city, and rebel officials who control the area reported six wounded including one doctor and five patients. The building's front was damaged and windows were blown out. A university across from the hospital was also hit.

"I walked out of a store and took two steps, then I heard 'boom! boom! boom!'" said 35-year-old Denis Rybkine. "By reflex, I lay down on the ground, and I saw red bricks (from the hospital) fly and windows explode."

Larissa Polyakova said students at the university barely missed being hit. "Shells fell on the window," she said. "Miraculously, the students had left the room 15 minutes before. Can you imagine what would have happened if they were still inside?"

Elsewhere, in Debaltseve some 60 kilometres north of Donetsk, artillery fire killed three people on Monday and wounded 12. Ukraine's military reported at least three soldiers killed over the last 24 hours and another 66 wounded, but claimed to be in control of the airport.

"We are not giving them the airport," said military spokesman Andriy Lysenko. "It is under our control." Rebels have disputed Kiev's account and there was no independent confirmation, with journalists unable to approach the site.

The blackened and wrecked airport has been hit by repeated on-off clashes, and control has often been divided between a new and old terminal and other installations.

An army spokesman told AFP that the counter-offensive had accomplished its goal. "It's much more calm today," said Vladislav Selezyov. "Our soldiers had a concise task: Push back the rebels who were attacking us. The 93rd airport brigade accomplished it. The separatists can no longer fire on our positions at close range."

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