nick peyton walsh has more on monday's attack. oddly, both sides agreed how the worshipper started. an su 2752 strategic bomb this separatist said echoing that this man said it was inhuman to bomb a suburban area. locals caught in this. those explosions, clear sign of the continuing intense gun battle around the airport. the worst violence, really, that this key population center in eastern ukraine has seen since the start of this crisis and coming hours literally after ukraine president elect says he'd like to negotiate a way out of this crisis. separatists well-armed. they fired and hits a target and comes back. >> rural suburban worlds ruptures. his family say they support the separatists who protect them. as you can see, over there on that roof, one of the stray rounds has landed into a house where, fortunately, there was nobody there at that time. police stopped traffic but not the separatist bus loads coming in. just as kiev's new leader calls for peace and hence how ukraine may be rushing towards collapse. >> well, for more on ukraine's president elect, it's his first post-tv

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our senior international correspondent nick peyton walsh is near slovyansk. what are you seeing there? >> reporter: there is a second assault that may occur in the days ahead. and despite the fact that they themselves lost four ukrainian soldiers, the militants said they lost ten of their own people. that's a lot of casualties. much more than an hour's worth of fighting and damage done on their highway. the ukrainian army pulled back right up the road. no sign of them holding the ground that they are actually taking. we saw inside the town, people are furious, funerals due to happen tomorrow. barricades being put up. a sense of siege. i've got to say, if the ukrainian army tries to move in, it will be an extraordinary bloody occasion. dealing with the population that is very hardened against them. there is talk about these elections. well, it's far from everybody's minds here. it's turning into a civil war, not a pre-electoral campaign. >> we talk about the diplomacy going on versus the reality of what is going on. does it have any relevance to what you're se

nick peyton walsh reports. >> reporter: there will be funerals again, but not just in ukraine. startling admissions from separatists at donetsk morgue. my little son, she says. separatists distanced by the kremlin also admitted something they denied for weeks. perhaps it is a sign of desperation that the militants, their appeals unanswered. the men taken away in the could have fins are russian citizens, 33 in number by their own admission. they came to help create the net people's republic, he says. volunteers paid nothing but $100 a week for cigarettes. their bodies will now be sent back to russia for burial. >> translator: we hope that a corridor will emerge from russia, he says, to take people out. our militants will escort them but we don't believe anybody from kiev. the total militant death toll may be 70 making monday the worst losses yet. in ukraine since the shootings down in kiev. >> reporter: also the worst days casualties for ukraine's military. another helicopter brought down near slovyensk. at least 12 dead soldiers, including one dead general. the separatists head

nick peyton walsh referred to the troops. that's certainly the case. no order has been given at this stage to undertake a military intervention, further military intervention, we should say, inside eastern ukraine. it doesn't mean it's not going to happen. the russians still apparently weighing their options, errol. >> certainly all the pieces are in place. this brings me to another interesting point. while this entire crisis has happened, the annexation of crimea, the deadly incidents in ukraine, putin has become more popular at home at russia. i'm wondering if that's still the case considering the previous sanction are meant to target his inner circle? at least possibly he's getting pressure from those close to him. how popular is putin with his inner circle and then with russians at large? >> reporter: well, i think it's difficult to gauge his popularity in terms of his inner circle. those kinds of polls simply aren't conducted. i suspect he's pretty unpopular with those who've been sanctioned privately. publicly they would never say that. polling o

nick peyton walsh is live near slavynysk. matthew cans in live in moscow. nick, you are in the middle of the region where all this violence is happening, what did go on today? >> reporter: well, we had a glimmer of good news, the release of the 12 strong gel e delegation from the osce. they have us kaed hell for 12 days, today after a russian envoy released thanking quote from the bottom of their heart the russian envoy, because four of that team were germans an recent rare positive good fuse here and good spin for the pro russian militant here, it comes on a day of swirling violence really this one more town, we went to and saw how armored personnel moved towards the barricades, moved into fields and caused a lot of destruction it seems or certainly pro russian militants steadfast a number of buses and trams blocking streets. then it seems the army vanished. we saw little evidence of pro-russian militants in key buildings, too, three dead, potentially as many as a dozen injured in the past 24 hours. we are not seeing things changing much on the ground in te

nick peyton walsh is outside one city where tensions are rapidly building. >> reporter: here, just on edge, we see ukrainian soldiers with armor in one of the largest numbers we've seen really. attempting to move into the center of the town. they've occupied this bridge behind me here. there are about 10 to 15 personnel, i'd say 50 or so, soldiers, professional, well equipped, not messing around here at all. they are facing the biggest challenge they're going to face here. angry local residents. they seem to have blocked both sides of the bridge. anger focused on their presence here, injuries to an old man who aaren'tly tried to get in the way, then had his legs injured. we saw an ambulance take someone away from here. we saw one of the soldiers say, why did he get in our way? a tension situation here. hearing various rumblings, potential instances happening elsewhere in the town. just a few moments ago, a helicopter landed and dropped off ten to 15 reenforcements for these soldiers here now, but according to the interior minister, such events are happening all the way around. we're h