Ukraine President Sets Deadline for Pro-Russia Militants to Disarm

UPDATE - April 14, 5:10 p.m. ET: In a televised speech on Sunday that came in response to the deadly violence in eastern Ukraine, the country's acting president Oleksander Turchinov gave pro-Russian militants until Monday morning to disarm, or face a "full-scale anti-terrorist operation," according to Reuters and other news reports. "The National Security and Defense Council has decided to launch a full-scale anti-terrorist operation involving the armed forces of Ukraine," Turchinov said. "We will not allow Russia to repeat the Crimean scenario in the eastern regions of Ukraine."

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