Pro-Russian separatists seize another eastern Ukraine town
Armed pro-Russian separatists have taken control of the east Ukrainian town of Kostyantynivka today. Separatists in Slaviansk yesterday released one of eight OSCE monitors they are holding.
Ukrainian mayor 'fighting for his life' after shooting
Gennady Kernes, the mayor of Ukraine's second-biggest city, Kharkiv, is in hospital undergoing emergency surgery after being shot in the back, Interfax reported, quoting the mayor's spokeswoman.
"The doctors are fighting to save his life," the agency quoted the spokeswoman, Tatiana Gruzinskaya, as saying.
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