SLOVIANSK — The Ukrainian government on April 13 for the first time sent its security services to confront armed pro-Russian militants in the country’s east, defying warnings from Russia. Commandos engaged in gunfights with men who had set up roadblocks and stormed a Ukrainian police station in Sloviansk, and at least one officer was killed, Ukrainian officials said.
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Pro-Russian protests in Sloviansk, east of Ukraine.
