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Purveyor

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Sat Apr 12, 2014, 06:02 PM Apr 2014

Ukraine Crisis: 'Another Police Building Seized In East'

Pro-Russia militants have taken over a police headquarters in the eastern Ukraine city of Kramatorsk, local media and witnesses say.

This followed a gun battle with the police defending the building as the attackers stormed it.

Several other official buildings were reported to have been seized in eastern Ukraine on Saturday.

The confrontations come amid rising tension between the new government and pro-Russia protesters.

Earlier, gunmen occupied a police station and a security services building in the town of Sloviansk. Official buildings in Druzhkovka were also reported to have been taken over.

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Ukraine Crisis: 'Another Police Building Seized In East' (Original Post) Purveyor Apr 2014 OP
Maybe there will be another coup in Kiev. reformist2 Apr 2014 #1
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