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Pro-Russian rebels of the Battalion Vostok take positions outside the local administration building in the eastern Ukrainian city of Donetsk, on May 29, 2014. (REUTERS/Yannis Behrakis)


Ukraine separatists down army helicopter, 14 killed

Ukraine separatists down army helicopter, 14 killed

Donetsk, Reuters—Pro-Russian separatists shot down a Ukrainian army helicopter on Thursday, killing 14 soldiers including a general, as government forces pressed ahead with an offensive to crush rebellions in the east swiftly following the election of a new president....