NO REASON TO REJOICE Relatives react as servicemen of the Azov Battalion (a volunteer paramilitary battalion) leave Kiev on Sunday to be sent to the east of the country to take part in operations against pro-Russian fighters. AFP PHOTO
DONETSK, Ukraine, Jan 18, 2015 (AFP) - Ukraine rushed tanks to the front lines and claimed Sunday to have cleared pro-Russian rebels from most of Donetsk airport after days of intense fighting, with heavy shelling shaking the key eastern city.