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| Ukraine 'bid to take back Sloviansk police HQ' | Ukraine 'bid to take back Sloviansk police HQ' |
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| Ukrainian forces have launched an operation against pro-Russian activists who seized a police station on Saturday, the interior minister says. | Ukrainian forces have launched an operation against pro-Russian activists who seized a police station on Saturday, the interior minister says. |
| Arsen Avakov announced on his Facebook page that "all security units" were involved in an "anti-terror operation" in the eastern city of Sloviansk. | Arsen Avakov announced on his Facebook page that "all security units" were involved in an "anti-terror operation" in the eastern city of Sloviansk. |
| Russia warned earlier that any use of force in eastern Ukraine could scupper crisis talks due later this week. | Russia warned earlier that any use of force in eastern Ukraine could scupper crisis talks due later this week. |
| The US accuses Moscow of inciting the trouble. The Kremlin denies the charge. | The US accuses Moscow of inciting the trouble. The Kremlin denies the charge. |
| Russia's Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov said the Kiev government was "demonstrating its inability to take responsibility for the fate of the country". | Russia's Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov said the Kiev government was "demonstrating its inability to take responsibility for the fate of the country". |
| But the US said there had been a "concerted campaign" by forces with Russian support to undermine the authorities in Kiev. | But the US said there had been a "concerted campaign" by forces with Russian support to undermine the authorities in Kiev. |
| US Secretary of State John Kerry warned of "additional consequences" if Russia failed to make efforts to "de-escalate" and pull its troops back from Ukraine's border. | US Secretary of State John Kerry warned of "additional consequences" if Russia failed to make efforts to "de-escalate" and pull its troops back from Ukraine's border. |
| Four-party talks involving Ukraine, Russia, the US and the EU are due to start in Geneva on Thursday. | Four-party talks involving Ukraine, Russia, the US and the EU are due to start in Geneva on Thursday. |
| 'Shooting to kill' | |
| On Saturday, armed men took over police stations and official buildings in Sloviansk and two other eastern towns - Kramatorsk and Druzhkovka. | On Saturday, armed men took over police stations and official buildings in Sloviansk and two other eastern towns - Kramatorsk and Druzhkovka. |
| Similar reports emerged from Sloviansk and Kramatorsk of armed men dressed in camouflage arriving in buses and storming the police stations. | Similar reports emerged from Sloviansk and Kramatorsk of armed men dressed in camouflage arriving in buses and storming the police stations. |
| Pro-Russian demonstrators also continued their occupation of the main administrative building in the regional capital Donetsk, which they have held for one week. | Pro-Russian demonstrators also continued their occupation of the main administrative building in the regional capital Donetsk, which they have held for one week. |
| A protest leader told the BBC that the activists in Sloviansk took action to support the Donetsk sit-in. | A protest leader told the BBC that the activists in Sloviansk took action to support the Donetsk sit-in. |
| Mr Avakov labelled the actions a "display of aggression by Russia". | Mr Avakov labelled the actions a "display of aggression by Russia". |
| Announcing the operation to clear the activists, he warned people to stay in their homes in Sloviansk. | |
| "The separatists are shooting to kill without warning against the approaching special forces," he said, | |
| Local governor Sergei Taruta said "all legitimate means" would be used to combat "acts of terror" and restore order across Donetsk region. | |
| Unconfirmed eyewitnesses accounts suggested there was a gun-battle raging around Sloviansk police station. | |
| Accounts on Ukrainian media said the police station had been recaptured, but officials have not yet commented. | |
| Eastern Ukraine has a large Russian-speaking population and has seen a series of protests since the ousting of Ukraine's pro-Russian President Viktor Yanukovych in February. | Eastern Ukraine has a large Russian-speaking population and has seen a series of protests since the ousting of Ukraine's pro-Russian President Viktor Yanukovych in February. |
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