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 The tentative Geneva deal to resolve the Ukraine crisis is hanging by a thread after as many as five people were killed in a gun battle near the volatile eastern town of Slovyansk early on April 20. An Easter truce declared by the authorities in Kyiv was rudely shattered after two groups opened fire on each other overnight.

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