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| DONETSK, Ukraine — Ukraine’s minister of internal affairs said Tuesday that the central government’s security forces had begun a new phase of the campaign against separatist fighters in the city of Slovyansk, destroying rebel checkpoints and equipment and engaging in intensive firefights. | DONETSK, Ukraine — Ukraine’s minister of internal affairs said Tuesday that the central government’s security forces had begun a new phase of the campaign against separatist fighters in the city of Slovyansk, destroying rebel checkpoints and equipment and engaging in intensive firefights. |
| The minister, Arsen Avakov, said in a Facebook posting that there had been “very intensive shooting,” in the area of Semyonovka, near Slovyansk. He said that rebels had fired at military vehicles using rocket launchers, but that the vehicles and personnel inside had survived and had managed to eliminate the checkpoints. | The minister, Arsen Avakov, said in a Facebook posting that there had been “very intensive shooting,” in the area of Semyonovka, near Slovyansk. He said that rebels had fired at military vehicles using rocket launchers, but that the vehicles and personnel inside had survived and had managed to eliminate the checkpoints. |
| “They made it,” he said of the armed personnel carriers. “Good job constructors.” | “They made it,” he said of the armed personnel carriers. “Good job constructors.” |
| Mr. Avakov added that the security forces in and around Slovyansk were warning residents in the area to remain in their homes. | Mr. Avakov added that the security forces in and around Slovyansk were warning residents in the area to remain in their homes. |
| The Interfax news agency quoted Vyacheslav Ponomarev, the leader of insurgents in Slovyansk, as saying that his men downed a Ukrainian jet and a helicopter gunship, the Associated Press reported. There was no independent confirmation of the claim. | |
| The new violence erupted a day after a big battle between government troops and separatist fighters at a border guard headquarters in Luhansk. | The new violence erupted a day after a big battle between government troops and separatist fighters at a border guard headquarters in Luhansk. |