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 “Don’t go up there! It is war,” yelled a drunk man sitting on the stoop of a shop in a village on the outskirts of Sloviansk as your correspondent walked into town. With trees felled to block roads and Ukrainian forces tightening their grip around the rebel-held eastern town, the situation took a dramatic turn for the worse on May 2. In the historic Black Sea port of Odessa, rival groups of pro- and anti-Ukraine supporters clashed and one from the pro-camp was reported as having been shot dead. The local trade union's building, occupied by anti-government protesters, was set on fire and several people were reported injured. 

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