DONETSK, September 03./ITAR-TASS/. Militia in the east Ukrainian city of Donetsk have regained control of the local airport that has been held by Ukrainian troops for a long time, eyewitnesses said on Wednsday.

Fighting for the airport began at 11 p.m. on Tuesday and militia forces took control of the site by morning, eyewitnesses told ITAR-TASS.

Attacks on Donetsk continued on Wednesday, they said adding that one person was killed and one wounded.

The airport was of strategic importance for the Ukrainian forces and a site of most fierce fighting.