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Donetsk - Built for almost $1 billion dollars ahead of the Euro 2012 football championship, Donetsk airport - once a shining gem of the regional capital — has been the focus of intense fighting during the conflict in eastern Ukraine since May, as Russian-backed separatist rebels battle Kiev's government forces for control over its grounds.

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