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A map of the conflict region in Ukraine, with Donetsk in the middle and Luhansk to the right:
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LATEST from our news desk:
Ukrainian Prime Minister Arseniy Yatsenyuk has called for an emergency meeting of the UN Security Council amid deadly fighting in eastern Ukraine.
Yatsenyuk told journalists on May 22 that Kyiv wants to present evidence that Russia is attempting to escalate the conflict and disrupt the May 25 presidential election.
Yatsenyuk told journalists on May 22 that Kyiv wants to present evidence that Russia is attempting to escalate the conflict and disrupt the May 25 presidential election.
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More reports of fighting near Donetsk:
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Separatist leader in the eastern city of Luhansk reportedly mobilizes for war, amid reports of fighting there overnight and today:
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LATEST from our news desk:
At least eight members of the Ukrainian security forces were reportedly killed and 18 injured in an overnight clash with pro-Russian separatists in eastern Ukraine.
Ukrainian security sources on May 22 said the clash occurred about 20 kilometers south of separatist-controlled Donetsk, in the Volnovakha area.
Ukrainian forces also clashed with the separatists in the neighboring Luhansk region, but there was no immediate word about any casualties there.
The Russian Defense Ministry, meanwhile, said on May 22 that several trains carrying weapons and planeloads of troops have left the Belgorod, Bryansk, and Rostov regions along the border with Ukraine as part of a massive military pullout.
NATO, which estimates that Russia has 40,000 troops along its border with Ukraine, has said there aren't any visible signs yet of a large-scale Russian withdrawal. (Reuters, Interfax, and AP)
Ukrainian security sources on May 22 said the clash occurred about 20 kilometers south of separatist-controlled Donetsk, in the Volnovakha area.
Ukrainian forces also clashed with the separatists in the neighboring Luhansk region, but there was no immediate word about any casualties there.
The Russian Defense Ministry, meanwhile, said on May 22 that several trains carrying weapons and planeloads of troops have left the Belgorod, Bryansk, and Rostov regions along the border with Ukraine as part of a massive military pullout.
NATO, which estimates that Russia has 40,000 troops along its border with Ukraine, has said there aren't any visible signs yet of a large-scale Russian withdrawal. (Reuters, Interfax, and AP)