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12.5.2014
Reaction to separatists' claims of election victory in eastern Ukraine:
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11.5.2014
Barring any more breaking news, that ends our live-blogging for May 11.
19:21
11.5.2014
More from Krasnoarmiysk:
18:51
11.5.2014
18:16
11.5.2014
More on the shooting in Krasnoarmiysk:
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11.5.2014
LATEST from our news desk:
Ukrainian national guardsmen have reportedly opened fire on a crowd outside a town hall in eastern Ukraine and an official for the region's insurgents says there was at least one fatality.
The May 11 bloodshed in the town of Krasnoarmiysk, 30 kilometers from Donetsk, occurred hours after dozens of guardsmen came to the town and shut down voting in a referendum on sovereignty for the region.
An Associated Press photographer who witnessed the shooting said two people were seen lying unmoving on the ground.
Separatist leader Denis Pushilin was quoted by the ITAR-TASS news agency as saying one civilian was killed. (AP and ITAR-TASS)
The May 11 bloodshed in the town of Krasnoarmiysk, 30 kilometers from Donetsk, occurred hours after dozens of guardsmen came to the town and shut down voting in a referendum on sovereignty for the region.
An Associated Press photographer who witnessed the shooting said two people were seen lying unmoving on the ground.
Separatist leader Denis Pushilin was quoted by the ITAR-TASS news agency as saying one civilian was killed. (AP and ITAR-TASS)
14:50
11.5.2014
The voting in eastern Ukraine was further bolstered by Ukrainians who were allowed to vote in Moscow:
14:47
11.5.2014
Ukrainian Justice Minister Pavlo Petrenko speaking at a news conference in Kyiv on May 11:
"Around 100,000 so-called 'ballots' marked in favor of the independence of the 'Donetsk Republic' have been intercepted in Slovyansk, while, according to the list of voters, there are 145,000 eligible voters in Slovyansk. It means that terrorists and bandits were working to fabricate the results of the so-called 'poll' before it even started."
"Around 100,000 so-called 'ballots' marked in favor of the independence of the 'Donetsk Republic' have been intercepted in Slovyansk, while, according to the list of voters, there are 145,000 eligible voters in Slovyansk. It means that terrorists and bandits were working to fabricate the results of the so-called 'poll' before it even started."
14:24
11.5.2014
The acting head of the Ukrainian presidential administration, Serhiy Pashynsky, spoke to journalists on May 11 about an offensive against pro-Russian separatists in the east:
"Currently, the antiterrorist operations in Krasny Lyman, Slovyansk, and Kramatorsk are in their final stage. Eight operational groups have destroyed separatist bases and checkpoints. It was in response to plans by separatists and terrorists to carry out active operations tonight. At the moment, thank God, there are no fatal casualties among our soldiers."
"Currently, the antiterrorist operations in Krasny Lyman, Slovyansk, and Kramatorsk are in their final stage. Eight operational groups have destroyed separatist bases and checkpoints. It was in response to plans by separatists and terrorists to carry out active operations tonight. At the moment, thank God, there are no fatal casualties among our soldiers."
14:20
11.5.2014
French President Francois Hollande, on a visit to Azerbaijan, has condemned the Ukraine referendums as "null and void."