Ukrainian security officials said on July 6 they were in full control of the former rebel stronghold of Sloviansk after re-taking it in a victory which President Petro Poroshenko said could mark a turning point in the fight against the separatists.
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Reuters: Ukraine hails capture of rebel stronghold as turning point in conflict
Government forces routed pro-Russian rebels in the flashpoint city in eastern Ukraine on July 6 and raised the blue and yellow national flag again over what had for months been the separatist redoubt of Slaviansk.
