Poroshenko: Kyiv Must Hold Donetsk Airport

Ukraine's president said Friday that the country's armed forces must not lose control of the airport in the eastern city of Donetsk. President Petro Poroshenko presented awards to a group of "cyborgs," the name given to the soldiers and members of volunteer battalions who have fought at the Donetsk airport, the site of repeated clashes with Russia-backed separatists. "I am sure that we are protecting all of Ukraine there," Poroshenko's website quoted him...

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