raine A deadline set by the Ukrainian government for pro-Russian militants in th e country s east to vacate occupied buildings passed

on Monday without signs of an effort to enforce it. Commandos who engaged in gunfights with men who had set up roadblocks stormed a Ukrainian police station in the city of Slovyansk on Sunday, but there were no s igns after the deadline passed at 9 a.m. Monday that they had tried to approach again. Elsewhere in eastern Ukraine on Monday, a pro-Russian mob broke into a police st ation in the city of Horlivka, near the Russian border, The Associated Press rep orted. Dozens of men hurled rocks and smashed the windows of the building as onlookers cheered, the news agency reported. The group raised a Russian flag after gaining control of the station, the report said. Continue reading the main story Related Coverage Armed men wearing masks and camouflage uniforms guard a police station in th e eastern Ukrainian city of Slovyansk on Saturday. Armed Men Seize Police Station in Eastern Ukraine CityAPRIL 12, 2014 At least one officer was killed in the fighting on Sunday, Ukrainian officials s aid, and several officers and local residents were injured. The Russian news med ia and local residents disputed that account, however, saying that the Ukrainian forces had been engaged in a gunfight at the checkpoint only briefly. Continue reading the main story Video Play Video|1:47 U.N. Leaders Discuss Ukraine Crisis U.N. Leaders Discuss Ukraine Crisis The American, Russian and Ukrainian ambassadors to the United Nations discussed the escalating crisis in Ukraine at a Security Council emergency meeting on Sund ay night. Credit Don Emmert/Agence France-Presse Getty Images

The central government in the Ukrainian capital, Kiev, has threatened to use for ce in a bid to restore its authority in the eastern part of the country, a cours e of action that the Russian government has repeatedly warned against and that i t discouraged again on Sunday. With tens of thousands of Russian troops massed along Ukraine s eastern border nea r Donetsk, Western leaders have worried that Moscow might use unrest in the coun try s main