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Ukraine: Dozens Killed in Donetsk Fighting After Presidential Poll

HeadlineMay 27, 2014

In Ukraine, at least 30 pro-Russian rebels have reportedly died in fierce fighting at the airport in the eastern city of Donetsk. The Ukrainian government bombarded the airport with air strikes, then paratroopers, after rebels seized it on Monday. The fighting began just hours after the pro-European billionaire candy tycoon Petro Poroshenko won Ukraine’s first presidential election since the ouster of Viktor Yanukovych.

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