Pro-Russia militants in masks broke down doors and stormed government buildings April 29 in an area of Ukraine that hugs the Russian border, as the new government in Kyiv criticized local police for failing to stem the growing unrest. The latest moves in Ukraine's eastern Luhansk region came despite a new wave of sanctions on Russia by the U.S. and European Union aimed at forcing the Kremlin to rein in the activists, who have echoed Russian President Vladimir Putin in denouncing Ukraine's two-month-old government as illegal. They have called for more autonomy for the eastern part of Ukraine.
Wall Street Journal: Pro-Russia forces extend grasp in Ukrainian city of Luhansk
Russian President Vladimir Putin denounces Ukraine's two-month-old government as illegal.
