![Ukraine The destroyed control tower at the airport in Donetsk, eastern Ukraine, Jan. 15, 2015.](https://api.time.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/01/donetsk-airport-destruction-ukraine-8.jpg?quality=85&w=2400)
By TIME Staff
New photographs show the extent of destruction to eastern Ukraine’s Donetsk. The site has become a point on contention between Russia-backed separatists and pro-Kiev forces. On Jan. 21, Ukrainian troops said they had lost control of the airport and had sustained casualties in the latest round of fighting. These images show what is left of the once-thriving structure.
![Ukraine The destroyed control tower at the airport in Donetsk, eastern Ukraine, Jan. 15, 2015.](https://api.time.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/01/donetsk-airport-destruction-ukraine-8.jpg?quality=75&w=2400)
![Ukraine The destroyed airport in Donetsk, Jan. 15, 2015.](https://api.time.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/01/donetsk-airport-destruction-ukraine-7.jpg?quality=75&w=2400)
![Ukraine Smoke rises over the new terminal of Donetsk airport, Jan. 15, 2015.](https://api.time.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/01/donetsk-airport-destruction-ukraine-6.jpg?quality=75&w=2400)
![Ukraine The destroyed airport on Jan. 21, 2015.](https://api.time.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/01/donetsk-airport-destruction-ukraine-2.jpg?quality=75&w=2400)
![Ukraine Inside the destroyed airport on Jan. 21, 2015.](https://api.time.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/01/donetsk-airport-destruction-ukraine-5.jpg?quality=75&w=2400)
![Ukraine Inside the destroyed airport on Jan. 21, 2015.](https://api.time.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/01/donetsk-airport-destruction-ukraine-3.jpg?quality=75&w=2400)
![Ukraine Inside the destroyed airport on Jan. 21, 2015.](https://api.time.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/01/donetsk-airport-destruction-ukraine-4.jpg?quality=75&w=2400)
![Ukraine Inside the destroyed airport on Jan. 21, 2015.](https://api.time.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/01/donetsk-airport-destruction-ukraine-1.jpg?quality=75&w=2400)
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