Fighting in Eastern Ukraine kills 34

May 06, 2014 21:16

Ukrainian authorities said Tuesday that the situation along the country's border with Russia grew more unstable in the last week, with local pro-Russian residents attacking border guards or trying to intimidate them into changing allegiances.

The Ukrainian government has pressed forward with a military offensive in the east to quell a pro-Russian insurgency, but Kiev is increasingly losing its grip in the eastern regions of Luhansk and Donetsk, which both border Russia.

Aggression by pro-Russian residents has become more frequent since the start of the month, State Border Guard Service spokesman Oleg Slobodyan said, with two attempts to attack border guards and take their guns on Monday. "Groups of local citizens threaten the border guards, saying that they must switch over to the side of the separatists," he said.

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