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Pro-Russian separatists hoisted the Russian flag on Ukrainian army armored vehicles in eastern Ukraine on April 16, mocking the pro-Western Kyiv government's attempt to reassert control on the eve of crucial talks in Geneva on the country's future. Amid escalating rhetoric between Moscow and Kyiv, the incident highlighted defiance by pro-Russian separatists, undermining central government efforts to push armed rebels out of captured buildings in 10 eastern towns without bloodshed.

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