Pro-Russian activists who seized the main administration building in the eastern Ukrainian city of Donetsk
have proclaimed the creation of a sovereign "people's republic" independent of Kiev rule.
Pro-Russian protests have been held in various parts of eastern Ukraine since Russia intervened in Crimea, and annexed it last month after the overthrow of Ukrainian President Viktor Yanukovich amid mass protests in the capital Kiev.
have proclaimed the creation of a sovereign "people's republic" independent of Kiev rule.
Pro-Russian protests have been held in various parts of eastern Ukraine since Russia intervened in Crimea, and annexed it last month after the overthrow of Ukrainian President Viktor Yanukovich amid mass protests in the capital Kiev.
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