Is this war? Ukrainian military makes its move (pics)
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People gather in front of a barricade across a street in Slovyansk, eastern Ukraine, Wednesday, April 16, 2014. The city of Slovyansk has come under the increasing control of the pro-Russian gunmen who seized it last weekend. The writing on the flag on top of the barricade reads : "Donetsk Republic." (AP Photo/Sergei Grits)
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A woman walks her dog along a barricade in downtown Slovyansk , eastern Ukraine, Wednesday, April 16, 2014. The city of Slovyansk has come under the increasing control of the pro-Russian gunmen who seized it last weekend. The Slogans read: "No to Fascism, Yes to referendum, Soldier do not shoot." (AP Photo/Sergei Grits)
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A woman cleans up rubbish in front of an entrance to a city administration building in Slovyansk , eastern Ukraine, Wednesday, April 16, 2014. Pro-Russian protesters fortified the entrance with sand bags. The city of Slovyansk has come under the increasing control of the pro-Russian gunmen who seized it last weekend. (AP Photo/Sergei Grits)
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Pro-Russian protesters guarding a barricade, give way to their comrade, in Slovyansk , eastern Ukraine, Wednesday, April 16, 2014. The city of Slovyansk has come under the increasing control of the pro-Russian gunmen who seized it last weekend. (AP Photo/Sergei Grits)
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In this photo taken on Tuesday, April 15, 2014, a Ukrainian guards a check-point near Barvinkove, eastern Ukraine. In the first Ukrainian military action against a pro-Russian uprising in the east, government forces repelled an attack Tuesday by about 30 gunmen at an airport, beginning what the president called an "anti-terrorist operation" to try to restore authority over the restive region. (AP Photo/Evgeniy Maloletka)
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In this photo taken on Tuesday, April 15, 2014, Ukrainian army troops guard an airport in Kramatorsk, eastern Ukraine. In the first Ukrainian military action against a pro-Russian uprising in the east, government forces clashed Tuesday with about 30 armed gunmen at a small airport in Kramatorsk. (AP Photo/Olga Ivashchenko)
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A pro-Russian protester strengthens barricades outside the mayor's office in Slaviansk
REUTERS - 9/24
An Ukrainian soldier takes cover behind a tree as pro-Russia protesters gathered in front of a Ukrainian airbase in Kramatorsk
Reuters - 10/24
Masked pro-Russia protesters stand guard at a barricade outside a regional government building in Donetsk
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Pro-Russian activists attack Ukraine's security services anti-terrorist unit chief, Gen. Vasyl Krutov, center, after he spoke outside Kramatorsk airport, eastern Ukraine, Tuesday, April 15, 2014. In the first Ukrainian military action against a pro-Russian uprising in the east, government forces clashed Tuesday with about 30 armed gunmen at a small airport in Kramatorsk. (AP Photo/Sergei Grits)
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Ukrainian Army troops receive munitions at a field on the outskirts of Izyum, Eastern Ukraine, Tuesday, April 15, 2014. An Associated Press reporter saw at least 14 armored personnel carriers with Ukrainian flags, one helicopter and military trucks parked 40 kilometers (24 miles) north of the city on Tuesday. (AP Photo/Sergei Grits)
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Ukrainian police walk along a road as Ukrainian army troops receive ammunition in a field on the outskirts of Izyum, Eastern Ukraine, Tuesday, April 15, 2014. An Associated Press reporter saw at least 14 armored personnel carriers with Ukrainian flags, one helicopter and military trucks parked 40 kilometers (24 miles) north of the city on Tuesday. (AP Photo/Sergei Grits)
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Ukrainian soldiers stand at APCs, with Ukrainian flags in the back, as Ukrainian army troops receive ammunition in a field on the outskirts of Izyum, Eastern Ukraine, Tuesday, April 15, 2014. An Associated Press reporter saw at least 14 armored personnel carriers with Ukrainian flags, one helicopter and military trucks parked 40 kilometers (24 miles) north of the city on Tuesday. (AP Photo/Sergei Grits)
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Pro-Russian people walk towards the airport in Kramatorsk, eastern Ukraine, Tuesday, April 15, 2014. In the first Ukrainian military action against a pro-Russian uprising in the east, government forces clashed Tuesday with about 30 armed gunmen at a small airport in Kramatorsk. (AP Photo/Alexander Ermochenko)
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Ukrainian Army troops receive munitions at a field on the outskirts of Izyum, Eastern Ukraine, Tuesday, April 15, 2014. An Associated Press reporter saw at least 14 armored personnel carriers with Ukrainian flags, one helicopter and military trucks parked 40 kilometers (24 miles) north of the city on Tuesday. (AP Photo/Sergei Grits)
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Pro-Russian activists make barricades in front of the gate of an airport in Kramatorsk, eastern Ukraine, Tuesday, April 15, 2014. In the first Ukrainian military action against a pro-Russian uprising in the east, government forces clashed Tuesday with about 30 armed gunmen at a small airport in Kramatorsk. (AP Photo/Sergei Grits)
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Ukrainian army troops set up a position at an airport in Kramatorsk, eastern Ukraine, Tuesday, April 15, 2014. In the first Ukrainian military action against a pro-Russian uprising in the east, government forces clashed Tuesday with about 30 armed gunmen at a small airport in Kramatorsk. (AP Photo/Sergei Grits)
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Ukrainian army troops stand next to an armored vehicle with a Ukrainian flag on the outskirts of Izyum, Eastern Ukraine, Tuesday, April 15, 2014. An Associated Press reporter saw at least 14 armored personnel carriers with Ukrainian flags, one helicopter and military trucks parked 40 kilometers (24 miles) north of the city of Slovyansk on Tuesday. (AP Photo/Sergei Grits)
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Former Ukrainian Prime Minister Yulia Tymoshenko, speaks during press conference in Kiev, Ukraine, Tuesday, April 15, 2014. Tymoshenko said on Tuesday that what Kiev is seeing in the country's east is a war. In the first Ukrainian military action against a pro-Russian uprising in the east, special forces on Tuesday recaptured a small airport that had been occupied by militiamen, the government said. (AP Photo/Sergei Chuzavkov)
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A pro-Russian resident stands at a barricade in Kramatorsk, eastern Ukraine, Tuesday, April 15, 2014. In the first Ukrainian military action against a pro-Russian uprising in the east, government forces clashed Tuesday with about 30 armed gunmen at a small airport in Kramatorsk. (AP Photo/Alexander Ermochenko)
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Ukrainian Army troops receive munitions at a field on the outskirts of Izyum, Eastern Ukraine, Tuesday, April 15, 2014. An Associated Press reporter saw at least 14 armored personnel carriers with Ukrainian flags, one helicopter and military trucks parked 40 kilometers (24 miles) north of the city on Tuesday. (AP Photo/Sergei Grits)
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Ukrainian soldiers stand near APCs, that fly a Ukrainian flag, as the Ukrainian army troops receive ammunition in a field on the outskirts of Izyum, Eastern Ukraine, Tuesday, April 15, 2014. An Associated Press reporter saw at least 14 armored personnel carriers with Ukrainian flags, one helicopter and military trucks parked 40 kilometers (24 miles) north of the city of Slovyansk on Tuesday. (AP Photo/Sergei Grits)
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A woman wearing a national flower crown looks back as she attends a pro-Ukrainian rally in Luhansk, eastern Ukraine
REUTERS