Kiev announces town 'liberated' but residents dumbfounded
Kiev (AFP) April 23, 2014 - Ukraine's government announced Wednesday its forces had "liberated" an eastern town from pro-Kremlin separatists - but AFP found no sign of military units and puzzled residents said they had never been under rebel control. The interior ministry said in a statement that Svyatogorsk, a town of 5,000 inhabitants around 15 kilometres (10 miles) north of the flashpoint city of Slavyansk, was "li ... more

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