Ukraine's Forces Advance on Separatists in Effort to Reclaim East

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KRAMATORSK, Ukraine — Flames, smoke and acrid fumes filled the air here just after noon on Saturday, blackening the faces of a local man and his pro-Russia separatist pals. They coughed as they worked to rebuild a checkpoint destroyed an hour earlier by Ukrainian forces carrying out the latest stage of an operation against the pro-Russia militants in the eastern part of the country.

“The fascists … they stormed us and fired automatic weapons at us,” an angered Misha said, wiping the soot and sweat from his forehead with the back of his hand. He did not give his full name, fearing the government and nationalist groups targeting him. Read more...

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