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 Militants seized six Ukrainian armored military vehicles and paraded them, adorned with a Russian flag, through the heart of a region seized by pro-Russian separatists—one of several signs Wednesday that the government's operation to regain control of the east was off to a rocky start. A day after the government began deploying the military in the region, there were signs the unrest could be spreading. Armed men wearing masks and fatigues took control of the mayor's office in the regional capital of Donetsk, the first such action in a major city in the east in nearly two weeks.

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