Armed pro-Russian separatists continued to strengthen their positions in and around Donetsk on July 10 despite a warning from Kyiv that a plan was now in place to take back the territory they occupied. Reuters video shows a group of residents gathered at one of the local markets waving as rebel tanks and armored vehicles passed them. (Reuters)
Amnesty International says hundreds of people have been abducted in eastern Ukraine during the past three months -- mostly by pro-Russian separatists -- and most of the victims are being tortured.
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From our news desk:
Moscow says a Russian checkpoint on the border with Ukraine was fired on by the Ukrainian military, which is fighting separatists in the east of the country.
Russia's Foreign Ministry in a July 10 statement voiced "strong protest" and demanded "an end to the shelling of Russian territory."
The statement said it was not the first time the border post at Gukovo had come under fire.
Meanwhile, on July 10, Ukrainian military spokesman Vladyslav Seleznyov said government forces retook control of the town of Siversk, to the east of Slovyansk, after separatists fled.
The pro-Russian separatists said there was no sense in holding Siversk because of the risk of being encircled.
Seleznyov also said that government forces guarding Donetsk's main airport came under mortar fire on July 10.
He said the separatist attack was repelled. (Reuters and UNIAN)