Ukraine launches operation against Russian 'plan to divide country'

Kiev sends special forces to eastern cities to oust protesters occupying government buildings as tensions with Moscow rise

Ukraine has launched an "anti-terrorist" operation against pro-Russian separatists occupying government buildings in many of its eastern cities

Police arrested 70 pro-Russian demonstrators in Kharkiv on Tuesday, as protesters in two other cities held similar standoffs. Ukrainian authorities gave few details of the "operation that cleared the building in the town of Kharkiv but said two police had been wounded by a grenade that was thrown.

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source Guardian