08:42
9.4.2014
Although now, according to ITAR-TASS, the protesters in the building in Luhansk are denying the SBU's claims that they've left.
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07:17
9.4.2014
The standoff in Luhansk appears to be ending. From our news desk:
Ukraine's state security service, the SBU, says more than 50 people have left a state security service building that had been seized by pro-Russia activists in eastern Ukraine.
On April 8, the SBU said that the protesters who seized the local headquarters of state security in Luhansk on April 6 had wired it with explosives and were holding 60 people hostage, though this was denied by the protesters themselves.
Early on April 9, the SBU said that 51 people had left the building without arms. It was unclear if they were protesters or hostages.
Interfax news agency later put this number at 56 and said negotiations were continuing between the protesters and local officials to end the occupation.
On April 8, the SBU said that the protesters who seized the local headquarters of state security in Luhansk on April 6 had wired it with explosives and were holding 60 people hostage, though this was denied by the protesters themselves.
Early on April 9, the SBU said that 51 people had left the building without arms. It was unclear if they were protesters or hostages.
Interfax news agency later put this number at 56 and said negotiations were continuing between the protesters and local officials to end the occupation.
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18:53
8.4.2014
Ukraine's State Security Service (SBU) is saying that pro-Russian separatists have placed explosives in an SBU building they seized in the eastern city of Luhansk and that they are holding around 60 people hostage.
Now, Reuters is reporting that one of the pro-Russian occupants of the building who gave his name as "Anton" has denied his group rigged explosives in the building or was holding hostages.
Now, Reuters is reporting that one of the pro-Russian occupants of the building who gave his name as "Anton" has denied his group rigged explosives in the building or was holding hostages.