With a fierce onslaught of gunfire and mortar shelling, Ukrainian government forces on Saturday expelled pro-Russian insurgents from Slovyansk, a long-blockaded rebel stronghold, government officials and separatist leaders said.
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New York Times: Pro-Russian fighters routed from stronghold, Ukraine says
A member of the Ukrainian forces looks at a burned APC of pro-Russian militants, outside Nickolayevka, a small eastern Ukrainian city near Slavyansk, on July 5, 2014, two days after the city was taken back by Ukrainian forces. Resurgent government forces on June 5, 2014 hoisted the Ukrainian flag over Slavyansk, the pro-Russian rebels' main stronghold, after a devastating shelling assault that levelled much of the city but delivered Kiev its biggest success of the campaign. AFP PHOTO/ GENYA SAVILOV
