Pro-Russian separatists in Ukraine appeal to Kremlin to help

Reuters

April 14, 2014 at 9:18 a.m.

SLAVIANSK, Ukraine (Reuters) - Pro-Russian separatists who said they were part of a new "Donetsk People's Republic" in eastern Ukraine appealed on Monday for Russian President Vladimir Putin to help defend them against Ukrainian government forces. Speaking at a news conference at the headquarters of the city administration of Slaviansk, a separatist leader asked Putin "to personally direct your attention to the unfolding situation and help us as much as you can." (Reporting by Thomas Grove; Writing by Conor Humphries; Editing by Angus MacSwan)

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