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Tanks Patrolling Streets of Kharkiv After Court Bans Peace March -- RIA Novosti
KIEV, September 27 (RIA Novosti) - Tanks have started patrolling the streets of Kharkiv, reads the statement posted on the website of Ukraine's Interior Office in Kharkiv on Saturday.
"To augment measures to guard public order, the chief administration of Ukraine's Interior Office in Kharkiv has made a decision to put tanks belonging to the vehicle fleet of the police to the patrolling of the city streets," reads the statement.
The move came after the court in Kharkiv had earlier banned a peace march from being staged.
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My Comment: My aunt lives in Kharkiv .... and since March/April she has been telling me constantly that separatist support and animosity towards Kiev has been increasing. And while the Ukraine government claims overwhelming support .... what I am hearing from family and friends is the opposite. As for putting tanks on the streets .... this is exactly what Kiev did in Luhansk and Donestk in April/May .... and that ended up in an insurrection and civil war.
Update: The violence continues in eastern Ukraine .... Ukraine: 2 killed in clashes despite cease-fire (Washington Post/AP).
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