SLOVYANSK, Ukraine -- Armed pro-Russian gunmen refused Saturday to release a group of European observers and accompanying Ukrainian army officers seized a day earlier in this eastern Ukrainian town, the epicenter of the pro-Moscow rebellion.
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Los Angeles Times: Gunmen refuse to release European observers seized in eastern Ukraine
An armed man in military fatigues stands guard outside a regional administration building seized by the separatists in the eastern Ukrainian city of Slavyansk on April 23, 2014. Pro-Kremlin rebels in Ukraine braced today for a renewed military offensive by Kiev as US troops headed to region in a show of force after Washington again warned Moscow over the escalating crisis. AFP PHOTO / KIRILL KUDRYAVTSEV
