Vladimir Putin made a triumphant visit to Crimea on Friday, as one of the bloodiest days of conflict in eastern Ukraine to date pushed the country further toward civil war.
Ukraine’s security forces claimed to have killed more than 20 pro-Russian insurgents in the eastern city of Mariupol in a gunfight that appeared to break out after a Victory Day parade to mark the end of the Second World War.
Mariupol, a city of 500,000 on the coast of Donest region, has been one of the flash points of a pro-Russian insurgency that has tried to seize control of large parts of eastern Ukraine.
Separatist rebels in the region are readying for a referendum on independence similar to that which preceded Russia’s annexation of Crimea in March.
Source: Telegraph
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