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Police stand guard inside a regional government building at the Black Sea port of Odessa on May 5, 2014. (Reuters/Gleb Garanich)
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Pro-Russian supporters march during their rally in Odessa, Ukraine, 13 April 2014. (EPA/VOLODYMYR PETROV)
Ukraine moving special forces to control Odessa
Odessa, Reuters—Ukraine’s Interior Minister said on Monday he had drafted a new special forces unit into the southern port city of Odessa after the “outrageous” failure of police to tackle pro-Russian separatists in a weekend of violence that killed...Caption:
A Ukrainian soldier raises a Ukrainian flag on top of an armoured personnel carrier at a checkpoint near the town of Slaviansk in eastern Ukraine on May 4, 2014. (Reuters/Baz Ratner)
Ukraine claims advances on rebel-held positions
Donetsk, AP—Authorities in Ukraine on Sunday said government forces reclaimed a television tower during a security operation to quell pro-Russian rebel activity in the eastern town of Kramatorsk. Interior Minister Arsen Avakov said in a statement on his Facebook page...Caption:
A man wearing a black and orange ribbon of St. George, a symbol widely associated with pro-Russian protests in Ukraine, reacts outside a trade union building where a deadly fire occurred, in Odessa, Ukraine, on May 3, 2014. Ukrainian Interior Ministry security forces members are seen in the background. (REUTERS/Gleb Garanich)
Dozens killed in Ukraine riot and fire
Odessa and Slaviansk, Reuters—At least 42 people were killed in street battles between supporters and opponents of Russia in southern Ukraine that ended with dozens of pro-Russian protesters incinerated in a burning building, bringing the country closer to war....Caption:
Pro-Russia armed men stand guard in front of the seized city council building in Kostyantynivka in eastern Ukraine on April 28, 2014. (Reuters/Marko Djurica)