Ukraine Resumes Bid to Oust Militants Amid Russian Threat
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Ukraine restarted an offensive against separatists in eastern cities, prompting Russia to call the move a crime and warn that it would protect its citizens in Ukrainian territory.
Operations to clear militants from Kramatorsk, Slovyansk and other cities were under way yesterday, Ukraine’s First Deputy Prime Minister Vitali Yarema said. Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov said yesterday his country would respond if its “legitimate interests” are “attacked directly.”