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.