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| Ukraine munitions blasts prompt mass evacuations | Ukraine munitions blasts prompt mass evacuations |
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| Some 20,000 people are being evacuated after a series of explosions at a massive arms depot in eastern Ukraine described by officials as sabotage. | Some 20,000 people are being evacuated after a series of explosions at a massive arms depot in eastern Ukraine described by officials as sabotage. |
| The base in Balakliya, near Kharkiv, is around 100km (60 miles) from fighting against Russian-backed separatists. | The base in Balakliya, near Kharkiv, is around 100km (60 miles) from fighting against Russian-backed separatists. |
| The dump is used to store thousands of tonnes of ammunition including missiles and artillery weapons. | The dump is used to store thousands of tonnes of ammunition including missiles and artillery weapons. |
| Rescue teams are overseeing a huge evacuation effort for people living in the city and nearby villages. | Rescue teams are overseeing a huge evacuation effort for people living in the city and nearby villages. |
| The total area of the dump spans more than 350 hectares, the military says. | The total area of the dump spans more than 350 hectares, the military says. |
| Everyone within a 10km (6 miles) radius of the dump is being evacuated, the Interfax news agency quoted an aide to President Petro Poroshenko as saying. | |
| Munitions from the depot are used to supply military units in the conflict zone in nearby Luhansk and Donetsk, reports say. | Munitions from the depot are used to supply military units in the conflict zone in nearby Luhansk and Donetsk, reports say. |
| The authorities are investigating various ways the explosions may have been caused, Defence Minister Stepan Poltorak said, including the possibility of an explosive device being dropped from a drone. | The authorities are investigating various ways the explosions may have been caused, Defence Minister Stepan Poltorak said, including the possibility of an explosive device being dropped from a drone. |
| A new, bloody chapter | A new, bloody chapter |
| Russia accused of terrorism and discrimination at ICJ | Russia accused of terrorism and discrimination at ICJ |
| Nationalist blockade threatens economy and severs ties with east | Nationalist blockade threatens economy and severs ties with east |
| Light shone on Ukrainian tragedy | Light shone on Ukrainian tragedy |
| A drone was reported to have been used an earlier attempt to set the facility on fire in December 2015. | A drone was reported to have been used an earlier attempt to set the facility on fire in December 2015. |
| Mr Poltorak said that there were no reports that civilians or serviceman had been killed or injured in the latest incident and that airspace had been closed within a 50km (31 miles) radius of Balakliya. | Mr Poltorak said that there were no reports that civilians or serviceman had been killed or injured in the latest incident and that airspace had been closed within a 50km (31 miles) radius of Balakliya. |
| More than 9,700 people have died in the conflict which erupted in 2014 when Russia annexed Ukraine's southern Crimea peninsula. Pro-Russian rebels later launched an insurgency in the east. | More than 9,700 people have died in the conflict which erupted in 2014 when Russia annexed Ukraine's southern Crimea peninsula. Pro-Russian rebels later launched an insurgency in the east. |