A separatist leader in eastern Ukraine has been injured in a suspected assassination attempt, his press office said May 13, amid continuing turmoil in the wake of a controversial weekend referendum on independence. A car carrying the self-declared "Luhansk people's governor" Valeriy Bolotov was fired on May 13 in the Luhansk region, the press office said.
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CNN: Luhansk separatist leader reported shot amid Ukraine turmoil
A pro-Russian insurgent gives his AK automatic gun to a boy for a photo on top of an old Soviet tank in Luhansk on May 11.
