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April 14, 2014 03:50 pm GMT

My Escape From Eastern Ukraine

Slovyansk

SLOVIANSK, Ukraine — As you drive into the outskirts of Sloviansk, a small town of just around 130,000 deep in eastern Ukraine, it becomes clear that the country’s crisis is reaching new levels.

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I have spent the last week traveling across the region with another British journalist, and on Saturday, as we approach the city, the first thing we see is a checkpoint manned by pro-Russia militia mingling with police blocking the road. A bus filled with men dressed in combat fatigues is parked on a grass verge nearby. It is clear that these people are now in control of who enters or leaves the city Read more...

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