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April 30, 2014

Separatists Gain Ground as Ukraine Gov. Claims "Helpless" to Stop Unrest 
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Pro-Russian separatists have seized new areas of eastern Ukraine as the
central government in Kiev loses further control. On Tuesday, hundreds
of people stormed a government building in Luhansk without resistance
and later fired on the local police headquarters. By taking the city,
the pro-Russian militants now control two provincial capitals in eastern
Ukraine. Earlier today, the separatists also seized government buildings
in the town of Horlivka. Ukraine's interim government said today it is
"helpless" to quell the unrest.

 

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