Ukraine neared a final showdown with pro-Russia rebels, after Kiev forced insurgents to retreat to the last major cities they control and Moscow showed no signs of intervening to help them. James Marson reports.
Pro-Russia Rebels Prepare Last Stand In East Ukraine -- Wall Street Journal
Separatist Leaders Say Evacuation From Slovyansk Was Strategic
Ukraine neared a final showdown with pro-Russia rebels, after Kiev forced insurgents to retreat to the last major cities they control and Moscow showed no signs of intervening to help them.
On Sunday, Ukraine said it plans to lay siege to Donetsk, a regional capital of one million residents that is the political and economic center of eastern Ukraine, and pursue rebels who fled there from Slovyansk, which had been the base of rebel military resistance in the region until government forces recaptured it over the weekend.
Rebel forces, meanwhile, also appeared to be readying themselves for a fight for Donetsk, the proclaimed capital of their breakaway republic.
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Ukraine Civil War News Updates -- July 7, 2014
Ukraine Forces Working to Block Donetsk, Official Says -- WSJ
Ukraine crisis: Bridges destroyed outside Donetsk -- BBC
Pushed from Slaviansk, Ukraine rebels barricade Donetsk -- Reuters
3 bridges blown up to block rebel Ukraine city of Donetsk -- FOX News
3 Bridges Blown up in Ukraine to Block Rebel City -- AP
Ukraine rebels bracing for last stand in Donetsk? -- AP
Kiev Chases Rebels From Strongholds as Showdown Looms -- Bloomberg Businessweek
Ukraine says forces retake two more rebel-held cities -- BBC
Ukraine regains 4 more eastern cities -- CCTV
Ukraine crisis: Pro-Russia separatists vow to keep up the fight -- Economic Times
Ukraine’s Lawless War Zones Recede as Rebel Fighters Fall Back -- Time
Ukraine Military Finds Its Footing Against Pro-Russian Rebels -- New York Times
Thousands cheer pro-Russia rebels at Ukraine rally -- FOX News/AP
Thousands cheer pro-Russian rebels at Ukraine rally -- Washington Post
Ukraine's richest man pleads with government not to bomb Donetsk after separatists steal tank from museum ahead of ‘last stand’ and thousands flee the town -- Daily Mail
Ukraine’s interior minister says humanitarian corridors to eastern regions are open -- ITAR-TASS
‘We sat in a basement and prayed they don’t shoot us’ – E.Ukraine refugees -- RT
Russian Foreign Ministry Continues to Record Humanitarian, War Crimes in East Ukraine -- RIA Novosti
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