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 Helicopters and a fighter jet circled the skies above the tense eastern Ukrainian city of Kramatorsk on Wednesday, while on the streets below a column of tanks rolled through the city - one with a Russian flag affixed. A convoy of armored personnel carriers also entered the city of Slaviansk, some carrying Russian or regional separatist flags.

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