Ukrainian Troops Clash With Pro-Russia Militia In Gun Battles around Slavyansk -- The Guardian/AP
• Insurgents 'deploying large-calibre weapons and mortars'
• Pro-Russia fighters report number of fatalities
• Fighting in several sites around eastern city
Ukrainian troops have fought pitched gun battles with a pro-Russia militia occupying an eastern city – an apparent escalation of their efforts to bring the region back under government control.
Associated Press reporters heard gunfire and multiple explosions in and around Slavyansk, a city of 125,000 people that has become the focus of the armed insurgency against the interim government in Kiev.
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