The whole of Ukraine will be within reach of the"enemy" if its armed forces lose control of the international airport in the eastern city of Donetsk to separatists, President Petro Poroshenko said on Dec. 5.
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Reuters: Poroshenko tells army not to give up Donetsk airport
Ukrainian servicemen fire mortar to pro-Russian separatists positions, at the village of Pisky near Donetsk airport on Dec. 5, 2014.