Ukraine´s army on Saturday, May 3, 2014, broadened a military offensive to retake control of rebel-held towns and cities in the chaotic east of the country, the Ukrainian interior ministry said. The Ukrainian government and the West believe that the Kremlin is fomenting the chaos in a bid to destabilise the former Soviet republic ahead of planned May 25 elections.
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| A Ukrainian Army road block just outside the rebel, Pro russian held town of Slavyansk |