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| Ukraine Says Army Controls Center of Luhansk |
| 2014-08-18 |
| [NY Times] The Ukrainian military on Sunday moved into the heart of the separatist hub of Luhansk for the first time, officials said, chipping at one of the cornerstones of the pro-Russian rebels' disintegrating virtual state. Ukrainian officials said army units had raised the national flag over a cop shoppe in central Luhansk, the eastern city that, along with Donetsk, has been a center of rebel activity and an important destination for Russian fighters and aid. Other parts of Luhansk, however, were still said to be under rebel control. The claim could not be independently confirmed, though a photograph of the flag and cop shoppe was circulating on social media, and the report was consistent with the progress of fighting there going into the weekend. |
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