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Assault underway again at base in #Donetsk. Some say base for prison guards and is a raid on the arsenal. Heavy shooting and explosions.
— John Wendle (@johnwendle) June 26, 2014
Contradictory statements about who's in Donetsk base: Interior ministry troops, nat'l guard, prison guards, Right Sector (kuda bez etogo?)
— Alec Luhn (@ASLuhn) June 26, 2014
Just heard a little bit if shooting here on Universetskaya in #Donetsk, apparently near a military installation
— Alec Luhn (@ASLuhn) June 26, 2014
Rebels with Kalashnikovs and RPGs are seizing a military base in #Donetsk. Shots occasionally ringing out pic.twitter.com/ZhyTffTgGU
— Alec Luhn (@ASLuhn) June 26, 2014
Update on military base #Donetsk: Vostok guys standing outside said negotiations were ongoing, servicemen inside don't want to surrender
— Alec Luhn (@ASLuhn) June 26, 2014
#US again calls on #Russia to facilitate immediate release of OSCE observers in #Ukraine http://t.co/szGyLuI5V5
— Kyiv Post (@KyivPost) June 26, 2014
Full English text of #Poroshenko's speech at today's #PACE session in #Strasbourg http://t.co/QSJXztPd8a #Ukraine pic.twitter.com/vp1R9Nf9bQ
— Christopher Miller (@ChristopherJM) June 26, 2014
My full, exclusive interview with Ukrainian President Poroshenko - his first since taking office - airs at 2pm ET, 8pm CET, 10pm Kiev time.
— Christiane Amanpour (@camanpour) June 26, 2014
Ukrainian President Poroshenko tells me President Putin sounded quite pragmatic in their last phone call.
— Christiane Amanpour (@camanpour) June 26, 2014
Ukraine Pres Poroshenko tells me singing EU trade deal is the 2nd-most important day in the country's history (1st was independence in 1991)
— Christiane Amanpour (@camanpour) June 26, 2014
RFE/RL's Ukrainian Service is broadcasting LIVE from the Crimean Tatar celebration of their flag holiday, being held in spite of an official ban.