Fight against Ukraine rebels threatens more unrest
Fight against Ukraine rebels threatens more unrest
Workers of the Ukrainian company Metinvest clear away debris in a government building in the eastern Ukrainian city of Mariupol, Friday, May 16, 2014. Local patrols by steelworkers have forced pro-Russia insurgents to retreat from the government buildings they had seized in a major city in eastern Ukraine, giving residents hope that a wave of anarchy was over. Mariupol is the second-largest city in Ukraine’s eastern Donetsk region, one of two regions that declared independence Monday from the central government in Kyiv. Citizen patrols began there earlier this week as Rinat Akhmetov, Ukraine’s richest man, urged steelworkers at his factories to help police restore order. (AP Photo/Evgeniy Maloletka)
Fight against Ukraine rebels threatens more unrest
Workers of the Ukrainian company Metinvest clear away debris in a government building in the eastern Ukrainian city of Mariupol, Friday, May 16, 2014. Local patrols by steelworkers have forced pro-Russia insurgents to retreat from the government buildings they had seized in a major city in eastern Ukraine, giving residents hope that a wave of anarchy was over. Mariupol is the second-largest city in Ukraine’s eastern Donetsk region, one of two regions that declared independence Monday from the central government in Kyiv. Citizen patrols began there earlier this week as Rinat Akhmetov, Ukraine’s richest man, urged steelworkers at his factories to help police restore order. (AP Photo/Evgeniy Maloletka)
Fight against Ukraine rebels threatens more unrest
Two pro-Russian militants rest in shade at a checkpoint blocking the major highway which links Kharkiv, outside Slovyansk, eastern Ukraine, Friday, May 16, 2014. Outside the strategic city of Slovyansk, which has been the key stronghold of the pro-Russian insurgents for more than a month now, the armed separatists installed a new check-point on the eastern approaches of the city blocking the major highway which links Kharkiv, the capital of the neighboring region, and the Russian city of Rostov-on-Don across the border. (AP Photo/Alexander Zemlianichenko)
Fight against Ukraine rebels threatens more unrest
Local people help pro-Russian militants to strengthen their positions preparing to fight against Ukrainian government troops at a checkpoint blocking the major highway which links Kharkiv, outside Slovyansk, eastern Ukraine, Friday, May 16, 2014. Outside the strategic city of Slovyansk, which has been the key stronghold of the pro-Russian insurgents for more than a month now, the armed separatists installed a new check-point on the eastern approaches of the city blocking the major highway which links Kharkiv, the capital of the neighboring region, and the Russian city of Rostov-on-Don across the border. (AP Photo/Alexander Zemlianichenko)
Fight against Ukraine rebels threatens more unrest
A resident walks by a Ukrainian police officer with workers of the Ukrainian company Metinvest patrolling in a street in the eastern Ukrainian city of Mariupol, Friday, May 16, 2014. Local patrols by steelworkers have forced pro-Russia insurgents to retreat from the government buildings they had seized in a major city in eastern Ukraine, giving residents hope that a wave of violence was over. Mariupol is the second-largest city in Ukraine’s eastern Donetsk region, one of two regions that declared independence Monday from the central government in Kyiv. Citizen patrols began there earlier this week as Rinat Akhmetov, Ukraine’s richest man, urged steelworkers at his factories to help police restore order.(AP Photo/Evgeniy Maloletka)
Fight against Ukraine rebels threatens more unrest
Troops with the Donbass Battalion, a non-affiliated militia group that has stated its intent to fight in support of Ukrainian unity, sleep in the hay in the village of Velyka Novosilka, near Donetsk, eastern Ukraine, Friday, May 16, 2014. The group says it has reclaimed Velyka Novosilka from pro-Russian separatists with the self-styled Donetsk People’s Republic, an anti-government movement that has over the past few weeks been seizing government offices and that has declared its intent to merge the Donetsk region with Russia. (AP Photo/Alexander Ermochenko)
Fight against Ukraine rebels threatens more unrest
Semyon Semyonchenko, commander of the Donbass battalion, a non-affiliated militia group that has stated its intent to fight in support of Ukrainian unity, sits at a desk in the village of Velyka Novosilka, near Donetsk, eastern Ukraine, Friday, May 16, 2014. The group says it has reclaimed Velyka Novosilka from pro-Russian separatists with the self-styled Donetsk People’s Republic, an anti-government movement that has over the past few weeks been seizing government offices and that has declared its intent to merge the Donetsk region with Russia. (AP Photo/Alexander Ermochenko)
Fight against Ukraine rebels threatens more unrest
Armed men of the Donbass Battalion, a non-affiliated militia group that has stated its intent to fight in support of Ukrainian unity, patrol at their base in the village of Velyka Novosilka, near Donetsk, eastern Ukraine, Friday, May 16, 2014. The group says it has reclaimed Velyka Novosilka from pro-Russian separatists with the self-styled Donetsk People’s Republic, an anti-government movement that has over the past few weeks been seizing government offices and that has declared its intent to merge the Donetsk region with Russia. (AP Photo/Alexander Ermochenko)
Fight against Ukraine rebels threatens more unrest
Pro-Russian militants take their positions using an armored personnel carrier preparing to fight against Ukrainian government troops at a checkpoint blocking the major highway which links Kharkiv, outside Slovyansk, eastern Ukraine, Friday, May 16, 2014, with a Donetsk peoples republic flag atop. Outside the strategic city of Slovyansk, which has been the key stronghold of the pro-Russian insurgents for more than a month now, the armed separatists installed a new check-point on the eastern approaches of the city blocking the major highway which links Kharkiv, the capital of the neighboring region, and the Russian city of Rostov-on-Don across the border. (AP Photo/Alexander Zemlianichenko)
Fight against Ukraine rebels threatens more unrest
A pro-Russian militant with an anti-tank weapon prepar to fight against Ukrainian government troops at a checkpoint blocking the major highway which links Kharkiv, outside Slovyansk, eastern Ukraine, Friday, May 16, 2014. Outside the strategic city of Slovyansk, which has been the key stronghold of the pro-Russian insurgents for more than a month now, the armed separatists installed a new check-point on the eastern approaches of the city blocking the major highway which links Kharkiv, the capital of the neighboring region, and the Russian city of Rostov-on-Don across the border. (AP Photo/Alexander Zemlianichenko)
Posted: Friday, May 16, 2014 6:13 pm
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Updated: 7:00 pm, Fri May 16, 2014.
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MARIUPOL, Ukraine (AP) — Steelworkers from plants owned by Ukraine’s richest man retook government buildings from pro-Moscow insurgents, reversing the tide of rebellion and lawlessness that has gripped this industrial port and dealing a setback to anti-Kyiv forces aspiring to merge with Russia.
Wearing overalls and hard hats, dozens of workers cleared away barricades of debris and tires outside the Mariupol city hall on Friday, scoring early successes against the pro-Russian forces, but threatening to open a new and dangerously unpredictable cycle of confrontation.
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