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CN-NATO Boosts Presence In Eastern Europe Amid Continued Turmoil In Ukraine

Turmoil in eastern Ukraine continued, a day after the United States and Europe announced new sanctions against Russia for failing to take steps to de-escalate the crisis in its neighbor to the west. Pro-Russian demonstrators in the Ukrainian city of Luhansk seized government buildings and the local television center after similar actions in Donetsk and Slovyansk. . Zlatica Hoke has more

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