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(CNN) -- The mayor of the eastern Ukrainian city of Kharkivunderwent emergency surgery after being shot in the back, cityofficials and police said Monday, amid continuing unrest in the region.
The attack on Mayor Gennady Kernes happened around noon localtime, the Kharkiv city office official website said. It was notimmediately clear who was responsible for the shooting.
After a two-hour operation, Kernes was out of surgery but in criticalcondition, the city office said.
"The surgery was successful. His life-threatening condition isexpected to go on for several days," a statement said. "He wasunconscious when brought to the hospital."
The online statement also said a bullet casing was foundat the scene.
Police said an investigation unit was trying to determinethe circumstances of the shooting.
In a major challenge to Kiev's new leaders, armed rebelshave captured towns and government buildings across
eastern Ukraine and are holding a team of European monitorshostage.
Western nations accuse Moscow of supporting the separatistgunmen who are occupying official buildings in cities across the
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Mayor of Ukrainian city shot; Westprepares more sanctionsBy Marie-Louise Gumuchian and Victoria Butenko, CNNupdated 11:01 AM EDT, Mon April 28, 2014
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STORY HIGHLIGHTS
NEW: Explosion kills Ukrainiansoldier in Donetsk region,Defense Ministry says
U.S. imposes sanctions against7 Russians, 17 companieslinked to Putin
Mayor of Kharkiv is in criticalcondition after emergencysurgery
He was shot in the back Mondayamid continuing unrest in eastUkraine
Observers detained in eastern Ukraine
Vladimir Putin and the Westare engaged in a slower matchof wits on a chessboardstretching across most ofeastern Ukraine.
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A new round of U.S. movesagainst Russia includessanctions on two members ofPresident Vladimir Putin's"inner circle."
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This week a Russian foundryminted a new coin to markRussia's "reunification" withUkraine's Crimea region.
Heads, Putin wins -- tails, Russialoses?updated 6:27 AM EDT, Sun April 27, 2014
Newt Gingrich looks at how theUkraine crisis requires carefulthinking about correct U.S.policy.
Twin dangers of the Ukraine crisisupdated 6:21 PM EDT, Wed April 23, 2014
CNN's Diana Magnay looks atthe narrative being spun byRussian state media about theconflict in Ukraine.
Russia's nightly news diet skewed?updated 5:20 PM EDT, Wed April 23, 2014
Many residents in the pro-Russian town of Slavyanskblame the deaths of three menon Ukrainian nationalists.
Funerals highlight Ukrainian discordupdated 9:57 AM EDT, Wed April 23, 2014
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Sanctions
The United States on Monday imposed sanctions againstseven Russian government officials and 17 companieslinked to Russian President Vladimir Putin in its latestaction to punish Moscow for its actions in Ukraine.
The White House said the seven Russians, including two from Putin'sinner circle, are now subject to a freeze on any assets they hold inthe United States and a ban on U.S. travel.
In addition, the United States will deny export license applications forany high-technology items that could contribute to Russian militarycapabilities. The Commerce and State departments will revoke anyexisting export licenses that meet these conditions, the White Housesaid in a statement.
"The sanctions build on the ones that were already in place. We'removing forward with an expanded list of individuals," U.S. PresidentBarack Obama earlier told reporters in Manila, Philippines.
The move, Obama said, was to spur Putin to "walk the walk, not justtalk the talk" in resolving the crisis in Ukraine.
If the latest round of sanctions does not work, the next phase couldtarget economic sectors like banking, Obama said.
The European Union also is expected to impose sanctions Mondayon about 15 Russian officials who are believed to be underminingdemocracy and creating chaos in Ukraine, according to Westerndiplomats. The sanctions will include asset freezes and travel bans.
Ukrainian soldier killed
A homemade bomb exploded near Ukrainian soldiers who were ineastern Ukraine's Donetsk region Monday, killing one and injuringanother, Ukraine's Defense Ministry said.
The death came days after Ukrainian forces said theykilled five pro-Russian militants in an operation to clearroadblocks near the city of Slavyansk last week. Police areinvestigating Monday's blast, the Defense Ministry said.
Observer freed
Pro-Russian separatists holding a European militaryobserver team in eastern Ukraine released one of theobservers for medical reasons Sunday, shortly afterparading them before cameras.
At least seven of the inspectors from the Organization forSecurity and Co-operation in Europe appeared at a newsconference staged by Vyacheslav Ponomarev, the self-declared mayor of Slavyansk, who referred to them as"prisoners of war."
The freed observer was from Sweden and had beensuffering from diabetes, Ponomarev spokeswoman StellaKhorosheva told CNN. Michael Bociurkiw, an OSCEspokesman in Kiev, called it "a welcome development."
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The monitors were seized Friday outside Slavyansk, one of theflashpoints in the standoff between Ukraine's interim government andpro-Russian factions challenging its authority in the east. They saidthat although they have diplomatic status, they went along withSunday's news conference because the mayor asked them to.
Germany strongly criticized the group's appearance before themedia.
The "parading of OSCE observers and Ukrainian security forces asprisoners is abhorrent and a flagrant violation of their human dignity,"Foreign Minister Frank-Walter Steinmeier said in a statement.
He added that Russia had a duty to "influence" the separatists sothat the other members of the mission could be freed as soon aspossible.
The OSCE Permanent Council will hold a special meeting focusingon Ukraine later Monday.
Putin has repeatedly criticized what he says is Kiev's use of forceagainst Ukrainian civilians.
READ: U.S., EU to impose new sanctions on Russia for Ukraineactions
READ: One European observer freed, others still held in Ukraine
READ: How will the Ukraine crisis end? Five possible scenarios
CNN's Gul Tuysuz, Elise Labott, Kevin Liptak and Stephanie Halasz contributed to thisreport.
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Atheist • 5 hours ago
Ukraine was never a peaceful country. As a Polish person, I just want Lviv to becomeLwów again, the central Ukraine can remain, and the eastern and south given toRussia. Otherwise civil wars will never end.
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stanczyk • 5 hours ago Atheist
Ukraine was never a country, it was a name for the land between Poland andMuscovy/Russia. Its nationalist movement was financed by Austria-Hungary inorder to weaken the Polish national movement. Ukrainians from UPA murdered
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order to weaken the Polish national movement. Ukrainians from UPA murdered200 000 Polish people in Volhynia. And it's a shame that our politicians supportthem and shout fascist greetings.
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igor • 5 hours ago stanczyk
Polish - ukrainian border has been moving back and worth for hundredsof years, not just last century. But Lvov, was for sure a Polish city, noquestions about that.
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swift69 • 5 hours ago igor
lviv was founded in the 13th century by somebody in no possibleway associated with poland. the 19th century city was built byukrainian labor when both the poles and austrians occupied it.its outskirts were built by the soviets. whatever it once was, it isnow 100% ukrainian in every possible sense,
or shall we discuss the poles returning danzig? 34
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stanczyk • 3 hours ago swift69
Stop citing Ukrainian history books. Kievan Rus has nothing todo with the Ukraine, more with Russia. And before the PartitionsGdansk was the part of Poland. And because of the disputedstatus of the city it wasn't the part of neither Germany norPoland after WW1.
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Gen O. • 2 hours ago stanczyk
Kievan Rus has as much to do with Ukraine as it does withRussia. Hint: capital of Ukriane is Kiev, which was also capital ofKievan Rus since around 9th century
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stanczyk • an hour ago Gen O.
Constanople (now Istanbul) was a capital of Byzantine Empire.Does that mean that Turkey is related with Byzantine Empire?
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harrykuheim • an hour ago stanczyk
This discussion is proving that these 1,000 year old Grudges,Ethnic/Religious/Border disputes and Civil Wars will neverend...but of course Obama NOW has the answer.
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Stephen Pierson • an hour ago stanczyk
If you go back far enough, Kievan Rus has more to do withVikings than Slavs.
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stanczyk • 4 hours ago swift69
Lwów was Polish city until 1772 when it was taken by Austria,but even in the Austrian Partition the city authorities was Polish.It was Polish again in the Second Polish Republic, then it wasannexed by USSR and Stalin resettled Polish population andsettled Ukrainian.
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Us and Them • 4 hours ago stanczyk
All european borders have moved back and forth to some extentand wars were the result, thats why borders now are sacrosanctin modern Europe and exactly why Crimeas annexation is such abig deal. Are all borders now in question? God help us if theyare.
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Alex a • 4 hours ago Us and Them
Where were you when they did this in Kosovo ?? 17
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disqus_mKxjpqugE2 • an hour ago Alex a
He wasn't supporting the genocide of Milosevic and his Serbianmadmen.Were you?
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stanczyk • 6 minutes ago disqus_mKxjpqugE2
Milosevic was in the 90s. Kosovo seceded in 2008.
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crimeariver • 2 hours ago Us and Them
Lol. Very sacrosanct. What about Czechoslovakia, Yugoslavia? 9
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igor • 4 hours ago swift69
So when Stalin takes Lvov from Poland, it's ok, when he starvesmillions of Ukrainians, it's not. Sure - make history your way.
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swift69 • 4 hours ago igor
uhh, no. this is why ukrainians fought against stalinism.
the comedy is that you use the term 'lvov' for lviv (or 'lwow'). 6
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igor • 4 hours ago swift69
comedy? who took Lviv from Poland - Bandera? 5
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Atheist • 5 hours ago swift69
Gdańsk jest nasz, ty Banderowcu. 10
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swift69 • 4 hours ago Atheist
right. angry pole still fighting ww2 against ukrainians but has forgiven germans 1000x. as expected, ignores generations ofpolish suppression of ukraians (which ukrainians have totally forgiven)gotcha.pathetic. fortunately, most of your countrymen dont have theirheadsso far up their azs like you do.
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Товарищ �� • 4 hours ago swift69
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Товарищ �� • 4 hours ago swift69
There is no historical Ukraine. It is a Soviet invention, laterlegitimized at the illegal Belavezha accords signed in 1991 byunelected presidents of Russia, Ukraine, Belarus.
Ukrainian nationalists are pathetic, you have no history, so youcome up with some fanciful neo-fascist nonsense and try tolegitimize it as your history. But if Ukraine's fabricated, never-existed history is all about Bandera's Nazi-collaborationist UPA,then you are better off having no history at all.
Funny how western Ukrainians worship Bandera and considerhim a hero (Yuschenko even gave Bandera a posthumous "Heroof Ukraine", disgusting move, considering that the "Hero ofUkraine" award was directly copied from the Hero of USSRaward, given to Soviet soldiers who crushed Nazism), and theEU considers the illegal quasi-fascist putschist Kiev governmentas a viable EU candidate.
And on the other hand, the EU is voicing concern at the rise of"far right" parties across Europe who are expected a largenumber of parliamentary seats in the May EU elections.
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Freddie Nerk • an hour ago Товарищ �
Its time for revolution in western Europe. Russia must again leadthe way by encouraging the disenfranchised to take up arms andtopple the corrupt Brussels EU and NATO beasts. Follow the USexample and arm everyone and form militias to take back Europefrom its slave masters.
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disqus_mKxjpqugE2 • an hour ago Freddie Nerk
What has already been toppled is your thoughts.They are bothirrational and delusional.
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Kabc Gabc • 4 hours ago swift69
Obviously. One Demjanjuk means all Ukrainians are guilty, yetGermans and Japanese are just fine.
Are you serious that Stalin would "settle Ukrainians" in Lviv? Mygrandparents are from near there and left in the early 20thcentury, before Stalin. And they and all their neighbors spokeUkrainian, even west of Lviv in territory that is now under Polishjurisdiction.
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stanczyk • 3 hours ago Kabc Gabc
There were 15% of Ukrainians/Ruthenians in Lwów before WW2.It was a centre of Polish culture. And if Demjanjuk was the onlybad, then why people on Maidan are shouting "Glory to Ukraine,Glory to heroes"? What heroes? Bandera and Shukhevych?Germany and Japan had denazificaton after WW2. Ukraine not.
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Stephen Pierson • an hour ago swift69
Some Poles still claim Vilnius! Ridiculous! Show 1 new reply
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IAF101 • 3 hours ago igor
LOL yeah right. Why don't you openly claim Poland's right tooccupy even more Ukrainian territory instead of making suchobvious insinuations ?Typical Polish double-talk. After WW2 when Poland was theruined potato farm it usually has been through out history - theallies decided to "help" Poland and gave parts of East Germanyto them displacing thousands of German families for no reasonother than spite. Ever since then Polish have continuously madeoutlandish claims and been trying to claim vast regions from allneighboring countries territory as their own.
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Hen • 4 hours ago igor
Sure. As soon as the Poles return the lands they stole fromGermany.
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Worldtraveller1972 • 3 hours ago Hen
You pay a price when you invade a country and then loose... Callit restitution.
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Hen • 2 hours ago Worldtraveller1972
Well, one man's restitution is another man's ethnic cleansing andmass murder. better make sure you are always on the winningside if you are going to argue might makes right.
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Worldtraveller1972 • an hour ago Hen
How did Poland ethnically cleanse Germany? The opposite,Germany invaded and brutalized the Poles & Poland and killedmany (as with many other countries). Germans are lucky to evenhave a country after loosing WWII. Lost some of its land which isPoland now and will remain so.. The only thing Stalin ever didpositive for Poland.
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stanczyk • 2 hours ago Hen
Wrocław was Czech for the most of its history, it was German forless than 200 years. Majority of the Slavic city names have -auending in German. For example Breslau, Krakau, Warschau andMoskau. And loss of these lands was a form of punishment forstarting the war. Just like Alsace-Lorraine.
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Hen • 2 hours ago stanczyk
No, the loss of the lands was a power play by Stalin who lied tothe other Allies at Potsdam and told them these lands could notbe restored to Germany because they had already beencleansed of Germans by the Poles.
stanczyk • an hour ago Hen
The Germans from that lands were not cleansed, but resettledwest of Odra. Ethnic cleansing (of Jews and Poles) is more like
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west of Odra. Ethnic cleansing (of Jews and Poles) is more likeGerman thing...
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disqus_mKxjpqugE2 • an hour ago stanczyk
Or a Serbian thing in recent times.
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RomBick • 4 hours ago Hen
They didn't steal. It was Stalin. 2
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swift69 • 5 hours ago stanczyk
If you're going to go back to ww2 to harbor grudges like this, i betternot see you anywhere near a bmw. and, lest we forget the brutaloppression ukrainians lived under polish rule back then experienced.
but it looks like you're a pole who believes putin's nonsense about'fascists' in ukraine. as you damn well know, there are far more neonazis in poland than there are in ukraine. and there's a lot lot lot lot morein russia than either.
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stanczyk • 5 hours ago swift69
I don't like Putin, but he is right about fascist movements. Mygrandmother's brother was murdered by UPA, so don't tell methat fascists in the Ukraine are Putin's propaganda.
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swift69 • 5 hours ago stanczyk
so, your grandmother's brother was murdered in.. 1944?
please, also tell me about fascists in gemmany. i heard badthings happpened there too in 1944.
you do realize that your polish occupation of ukraine was a cruelmilitary dictatorship from the 1920s-1940s, right?
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stanczyk • 4 hours ago swift69
You are brainwashed by Ukrainian propaganda. Second PolishRepublic was treating Ukrainians better than USSR - they hadschools with Ukrainian language. They didn't starved them todeath like Stalin did. And anti-ukrainian athmosphere was theresult of terrorist activity of Ukrainian fascists (especially afterassasination of Polish Minister of Internal Affairs BronisławPieracki). And the same Ukrainian fascists murdered 200 000innocent Polish civilians during WW2.
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Observer • 3 hours ago stanczyk
Guys, you should ban your rullers from anti-Russian rhetoric.Thisis in the interest of the US, but not at all in the interest of EU orPoland. The US is interested in a weak EU, but you do needRussia as your trade partner and good neighbour rather than asan enemy.
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Dick Trende • 3 hours ago Observer
I was waiting for some TROLL to bring anti US propaganda backinto the discussion.
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disqus_mKxjpqugE2 • 40 minutes ago Observer
Russia is not making "good neighbors" currently.It is notrecognizing the Ukrainian right to depose the Russianpuppet,Yanukovych,and is invading sovereigncountries,annexing them,and setting up sham elections In orderto justify their criminal behavior,in defiance of international law.
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FishFlue • 3 hours ago stanczyk
why can't neighbors be friends? Is it because we are too close inproximity? Do we share resources or water? what is the final factthat creates tension? Bringing up the past like it just happened.That's why religion is such a war creator, it historifies injustices.Tell you what, you guys have the coolest trees and forests. Youcould be the cross country skiing capital of the globe. Andnature safaris. You have some cool places. - don't fight..theymake money when we fight and then that encourages them tomake more.
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Andre Pepin • 3 hours ago FishFlue
Terrible. I think all problem is the Ukraine TV with anti-russianpropoganda. They turn off Russian TV. No other sources of info.So they even don't know that there is no war. They think thatUkraine Army is the best and is fighting everyday pro-russianprotesters and russian army and winning in all directions tillMoscow city. Even According to Ukraine TV, US and EU is nothelping them because the tornado in USA was made by pro-russian protesters. Terrible.
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Gen O. • 2 hours ago Andre Pepin
Clearly you get your information from Russian TV. And exactlywhy shouldn't Ukrainians be proud of Ukrainian army?
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Andre Pepin • 2 hours ago Gen O.
Because there is no war! And not going to happened! 1
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Tony • 2 hours ago Andre Pepin
You have been acting like a peace loving guy on these boardsbut you are clearly a paid Moscow blogger. Does Russiabroadcast Ukrainian TV? Do you watch Ukrainian TV?
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Andre Pepin • 2 hours ago Tony
I don't have Ukrainian TV only on youtube some Ukrainian TV.Why asking?
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Tony • 2 hours ago Andre Pepin
Because you're a provocateur. Where are you from Andrei? 2
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