May 27 (Reuters) - Ukrainian aircraft and paratroopers killed more than 50 pro-Russian rebels in an assault that raged into a second day on May 27 after a newly elected president vowed to crush the revolt in the east once and for all.
Russia's War Against Ukraine
Reuters: More than 50 rebels killed as new Ukraine leader unleashes assault
A policeman guards the body of a pedestrian who was killed as a result of a shooting between pro-Russian militants and Ukrainian troops at a railway station in the eastern Ukrainian city of Donetsk on May 26, 2014. A fierce battle erupted Monday for control of the main airport in rebel-held eastern Ukraine, just hours after president-elect Petro Poroshenko vowed he would not let the country become another Somalia. AFP PHOTO / ALEXANDER KHUDOTEPLY
