![Kiev loses control of Novoazovsk, rebel troops advance in southeast Ukraine Kiev loses control of Novoazovsk, rebel troops advance in southeast Ukraine](https://mtic.us/wp-content/uploads/2014/08/42.si_-310x168.jpg)
Kiev’s troops had to leave the eastern Ukrainian city of Novoazovsk to save their lives, said the country’s Security and Defense Council. The authorities admitted that self-defense forces are advancing and leading a counteroffensive in the southeast.
Along with Novoazovsk, Kiev troops have lost control over the villages of Amvrosiivka and Starobeshevo in the Donetsk Region of Eastern Ukraine.