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arely staircase

(12,482 posts) Thu Apr 17, 2014, 11:19 AM Apr 2014

After a “short battle,” Ukrainian commandos and counterintelligence units fanned out into the city by ground and helicopter in an operation to round up militants, Avakov said. He said 63 separatists have been detained in the operation, which he described as ongoing. Avakov reported no causalities among Ukrainian forces.

http://m.washingtonpost.com/world/pro-russian-militants-killed-in-clash-at-ukraine-port-city/2014/04/17/02fc044e-c5f9-11e3-bf7a-be01a9b69cf1_story.html?tid=HP_lede