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May 28, 2014

Ukraine in Control of Donetsk Airport Following Deadly Clashes 
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Ukraine says it has taken control of the airport in the eastern city of
Donetsk following fierce clashes with separatist rebels. The Ukrainian
government says 48 people were killed, nearly all rebel fighters. The
Organization for Security and Co-operation in Europe has announced it
has lost contact with four monitors who were in Donetsk during the
airport standoff. The violence followed Ukraine's election of
billionaire candy tycoon Petro Poroshenko in the country's first
presidential vote since the ouster of Viktor Yanukovych.

 

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