Dozens Die As Donetsk Airport Retaken

At least 30 Pro Russian separatists were killed , the insurgents say , after an attempt to take over  the airport early on Monday

Nwe President Petro Poroshenko had vowed to tackle "terrorists" in the East "within hours , not months"

Meanwhile the OSCE says it has lost contact withh a monitering team , the OSCE said four of it's moniters were on a routine  mission East of Donetsk , contact was lost at 18:00 ( 16:00 GMT ) , 08:00 am PST , 11:00 EST on Monday   and has not been re established

Seven International military observers linked to the OSCE were taken captive in Eastern Ukraine in April and held for a week before being released

Ukraine's Interior Minister , Arsen Avakov said in a statement on Tuesday "The airport is under our full control , the enemy suffered heavy losses , we have none"

A representative of the self proclaimed Donetsk People's Republic told reporters , that  reports of at least 30 dead in Monday's fighting were accurate , other reports of the death toll vary

Donetsk Mayor Alexander Lukyanchenko said 40 people had been killed in the past day , while another separatist spokesman said 50 fighters had died

Monday's clashes started after separatist militants stormed the Sergei Prokovfiev Donetsk airport , in the early hours Ukrainian military responded quickly with air strikes and an assult by heavily armed troops

The attempt to seize the Airport may have been intented to prevent Mr. Poroshenko from travelling there after he said his first trip  would be to visit the restive East

Mr. Poroshenko , a 48 year old billionaire and former Foreign Minister , was on Monday formally declared the winner of Sunday's Presidential election with 54% of the vote

He vowed that East Ukraine would not be "turned into Somalia" adding "the anti terrorist operation cannot and should not last two months , it should and will last hours

However , Mr. Poroshenko has also said he wants to talk to Russia to end the crisis

Moscowhad said it would accept the election results and engage in dialogue with the winner

But  Russian Foreign minister Sergei Lavrov said on Tuesday "The question of a visit to Russia by Poroshenko is not being conidered , and is not being discussed through diplomatic or any other channels"

He again called on Mr. Poroshenko to stop military operations in Eastern Ukraine immediatlately and implement a roadmap for peace negotiated in Genevia  on April 17th

Speaking at a news confrence in Moscow , he said a "real war" was under way in the Eastern Donetsk and Luhansk  regions