But in a sign of discord behind the scenes in Kiev, he sacked the state security chief in charge of the operation. Ukraine’s interim president Oleksander Turchinov said on Monday the offensive against the rebels would still go ahead. Rebels in the town of Slaviansk, where the authorities failed to follow through with their announced “anti-terrorist” operation, called for Russian President Vladimir Putin’s help. ![]() REUTERS/Gleb GaranichĮuropean foreign ministers agreed to widen sanctions against Moscow and the White House said Washington was seeking ways to impose more “costs” on Russia, for what Kiev and its Western friends call a Russian plot to dismember Ukraine. ![]() Pro-Russian armed men stand guard as pro-Russian supporters gather outside the mayor's office in Slaviansk April 14, 2014.
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