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10.5.2014
Mariupol's city council building today:
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AFP: "An emergency response team from the local Red Cross and one member of the international Red Cross were detained. They are now all free," said the official, who did not wish to be named.
07:24
10.5.2014
Interfax now with greater detail and named sources.
"They were let go at about 2 a.m. One is severely beaten, he is staying at a hospital," Iryna Tsaryuk from the ICRC Ukrainian office told Interfax.
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AFP now quotes the Red Cross saying its workers detained in eastern Ukraine have been freed.
07:03
10.5.2014
Here's our Ukrainian Service's story on the reported Red Cross abductions in Donetsk, including details such as that it involves seven male Red Cross workers taken after a raid last night by unidentified gunmen on the Red Cross offices on Vatutin Prospect in downtown Donetsk. They were reportedly transferred to the regional administration building after their capture.
To repeat, ITAR-TASS is alone so far in reporting that they have been released.
To repeat, ITAR-TASS is alone so far in reporting that they have been released.
06:51
10.5.2014
This was the AFP quote from breakaway leaders this morning:
"They were arrested yesterday. We suspect they were engaged in espionage and we are currently checking these accusations," said Kiril Rudenko, deputy spokesman for the self-proclaimed "People's Republic of Donetsk".