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 Russia declared Ukraine on the brink of civil war on April 15 as Kyiv said an “anti-terrorist operation” against pro-Moscow separatists was underway, though the crackdown got off to a slow start, if at all. Twenty-four hours after an Ukrainian ultimatum expired for the separatists to lay down their arms, witnesses reported no signs yet that Kyiv forces were ready to storm state buildings in the Russian-speaking east that the rebels have occupied. Police said separatists had voluntarily surrendered the police headquarters in the city of Kramatorsk.

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