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Ukrainian Interior Minister Arseniy Avakov says that the "next pahse of the counterterror operation" is beginning in Mariupol:
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This video, said to have been shot on June 12 in Maiyivka, outside Donetsk, shows a short column of tanks with a Russian flag:
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LATEST from our news desk on the fighting in Mariupol:
Reports from Ukraine say government forces have encircled the rebel-held port city of Mariupol.
Interior Minister Arsen Avakov, writing on Facebook, said Ukrainian troops had launched a dawn attack on the city on June 13.
Rebel forces confirmed fighting was under way and said five separatists had been killed.
Avakov said key rebel fortifications had been taken over and sniper positions destroyed. He said two soldiers had been wounded.
The rebels said they had blown up an armored personnel carrier carrying government soldiers and that "many" had been injured.
Interior Minister Arsen Avakov, writing on Facebook, said Ukrainian troops had launched a dawn attack on the city on June 13.
Rebel forces confirmed fighting was under way and said five separatists had been killed.
Avakov said key rebel fortifications had been taken over and sniper positions destroyed. He said two soldiers had been wounded.
The rebels said they had blown up an armored personnel carrier carrying government soldiers and that "many" had been injured.
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