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Speaking at a news conference in Kyiv, Ukrainian National Security and Defense Council Secretary Andriy Parubiy said:
"During tense clashes we managed to repel all terrorist attacks. But unfortunately, we confirm losses on the Ukrainian side during the overnight clashes."
"We predict that separatist activity is likely to increase in the next few days, because the aim of [Russian President Vladimir] Putin's ideology is to disrupt the presidential election on May 25."
"Near Rostov-on-Don, we found a big military training base used by terrorists planning to move forward on Ukraine's territory. It was confirmed by our intelligence as well as by prisoners taken by Ukrainian soldiers who gave us evidence concerning this base."
"We predict that separatist activity is likely to increase in the next few days, because the aim of [Russian President Vladimir] Putin's ideology is to disrupt the presidential election on May 25."
"Near Rostov-on-Don, we found a big military training base used by terrorists planning to move forward on Ukraine's territory. It was confirmed by our intelligence as well as by prisoners taken by Ukrainian soldiers who gave us evidence concerning this base."
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A cafe owner in the eastern Ukrainian town of Slovyansk surveys the damage to her business she says was shelled overnight by government forces. Several buildings were damaged after fighting intensified between Ukrainian soldiers and pro-Russian separatists on the morning of May 22. (Reuters)
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Number of dead in attack on Ukrainian soldiers keeps growing:
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A map of the conflict region in Ukraine, with Donetsk in the middle and Luhansk to the right:
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LATEST from our news desk:
Ukrainian Prime Minister Arseniy Yatsenyuk has called for an emergency meeting of the UN Security Council amid deadly fighting in eastern Ukraine.
Yatsenyuk told journalists on May 22 that Kyiv wants to present evidence that Russia is attempting to escalate the conflict and disrupt the May 25 presidential election.
Yatsenyuk told journalists on May 22 that Kyiv wants to present evidence that Russia is attempting to escalate the conflict and disrupt the May 25 presidential election.
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