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Donetsk - The shattered remains of a tank bearing a tattered Ukrainian flag sat beside the main highway to Mariupol on Jan. 26 afternoon, a remnant of what pro-Russian rebel forces said was a failed attempt by Ukrainian forces to push into rebel-held territory a few days after a shelling attack left 30 dead in that port city.

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