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Mayor of Ukrainian city shot; West prepares more sanctions

By Marie-Louise Gumuchian and Victoria Butenko, CNN
updated 11:01 AM EDT, Mon April 28, 2014
Part of complete coverage on

Crisis in Ukraine
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Vladimir Putin and the West are engaged in a slower match of wits on a chessboard stretching across most of eastern Ukraine.

U.S. targets Putin's 'inner circle'

updated 11:56 AM EDT, Mon April 28, 2014

A new round of U.S. moves against Russia includes sanctions on two members of President Vladimir Putin's "inner circle."

New round of sanctions on Russia

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STORY HIGHLIGHTS
NEW: Explosion kills Ukrainian soldier in Donetsk region, Defense Ministry says U.S. imposes sanctions against 7 Russians, 17 companies linked to Putin Mayor of Kharkiv is in critical condition after emergency surgery He was shot in the back Monday amid continuing unrest in east Ukraine

(CNN) -- The mayor of the eastern Ukrainian city of Kharkiv underwent emergency surgery after being shot in the back, city officials and police said Monday, amid continuing unrest in the region. The attack on Mayor Gennady Kernes happened around noon local time, the Kharkiv city office official website said. It was not immediately clear who was responsible for the shooting. After a two-hour operation, Kernes was out of surgery but in critical condition, the city office said. "The surgery was successful. His life-threatening condition is expected to go on for several days," a statement said. "He was unconscious when brought to the hospital." The online statement also said a bullet casing was found at the scene. Police said an investigation unit was trying to determine the circumstances of the shooting.

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Newt Gingrich looks at how the Ukraine crisis requires careful thinking about correct U.S. policy.

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CNN's Diana Magnay looks at the narrative being spun by Russian state media about the conflict in Ukraine.

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In a major challenge to Kiev's new leaders, armed rebels have captured towns and government buildings across eastern Ukraine and are holding a team of European monitors hostage. Western nations accuse Moscow of supporting the separatist gunmen who are occupying official buildings in cities across the

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updated 9:57 AM EDT, Wed April 23, 2014

Many residents in the proRussian town of Slavyansk blame the deaths of three men on Ukrainian nationalists.

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region. Sanctions The United States on Monday imposed sanctions against seven Russian government officials and 17 companies linked to Russian President Vladimir Putin in its latest action to punish Moscow for its actions in Ukraine. The White House said the seven Russians, including two from Putin's inner circle, are now subject to a freeze on any assets they hold in the United States and a ban on U.S. travel. In addition, the United States will deny export license applications for any high-technology items that could contribute to Russian military capabilities. The Commerce and State departments will revoke any existing export licenses that meet these conditions, the White House said in a statement. "The sanctions build on the ones that were already in place. We're moving forward with an expanded list of individuals," U.S. President Barack Obama earlier told reporters in Manila, Philippines. The move, Obama said, was to spur Putin to "walk the walk, not just talk the talk" in resolving the crisis in Ukraine. If the latest round of sanctions does not work, the next phase could target economic sectors like banking, Obama said. The European Union also is expected to impose sanctions Monday on about 15 Russian officials who are believed to be undermining democracy and creating chaos in Ukraine, according to Western diplomats. The sanctions will include asset freezes and travel bans. Ukrainian soldier killed A homemade bomb exploded near Ukrainian soldiers who were in eastern Ukraine's Donetsk region Monday, killing one and injuring another, Ukraine's Defense Ministry said. The death came days after Ukrainian forces said they killed five pro-Russian militants in an operation to clear roadblocks near the city of Slavyansk last week. Police are investigating Monday's blast, the Defense Ministry said. Observer freed Pro-Russian separatists holding a European military observer team in eastern Ukraine released one of the observers for medical reasons Sunday, shortly after parading them before cameras. At least seven of the inspectors from the Organization for Security and Co-operation in Europe appeared at a news conference staged by Vyacheslav Ponomarev, the selfdeclared mayor of Slavyansk, who referred to them as "prisoners of war." The freed observer was from Sweden and had been suffering from diabetes, Ponomarev spokeswoman Stella Khorosheva told CNN. Michael Bociurkiw, an OSCE spokesman in Kiev, called it "a welcome development."

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The monitors were seized Friday outside Slavyansk, one of the flashpoints in the standoff between Ukraine's interim government and pro-Russian factions challenging its authority in the east. They said that although they have diplomatic status, they went along with Sunday's news conference because the mayor asked them to. Germany strongly criticized the group's appearance before the media. The "parading of OSCE observers and Ukrainian security forces as prisoners is abhorrent and a flagrant violation of their human dignity," Foreign Minister Frank-Walter Steinmeier said in a statement. He added that Russia had a duty to "influence" the separatists so that the other members of the mission could be freed as soon as possible. The OSCE Permanent Council will hold a special meeting focusing on Ukraine later Monday. Putin has repeatedly criticized what he says is Kiev's use of force against Ukrainian civilians. READ: U.S., EU to impose new sanctions on Russia for Ukraine actions READ: One European observer freed, others still held in Ukraine READ: How will the Ukraine crisis end? Five possible scenarios
CNN's Gul Tuysuz, Elise Labott, Kevin Liptak and Stephanie Halasz contributed to this report.

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Atheist

5 hours ago

Ukraine was never a peaceful country. As a Polish person, I just want Lviv to become Lww again, the central Ukraine can remain, and the eastern and south given to Russia. Otherwise civil wars will never end.
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Atheist ! 5 hours ago

Ukraine was never a country, it was a name for the land between Poland and Muscovy/Russia. Its nationalist movement was nanced by Austria-Hungary in order to weaken the Polish national movement. Ukrainians from UPA murdered
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order to weaken the Polish national movement. Ukrainians from UPA murdered 200 000 Polish people in Volhynia. And it's a shame that our politicians support them and shout fascist greetings.
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stanczyk ! 5 hours ago

Polish - ukrainian border has been moving back and worth for hundreds of years, not just last century. But Lvov, was for sure a Polish city, no questions about that.
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igor ! 5 hours ago

lviv was founded in the 13th century by somebody in no possible way associated with poland. the 19th century city was built by ukrainian labor when both the poles and austrians occupied it. its outskirts were built by the soviets. whatever it once was, it is now 100% ukrainian in every possible sense, or shall we discuss the poles returning danzig?
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swift69 ! 3 hours ago

Stop citing Ukrainian history books. Kievan Rus has nothing to do with the Ukraine, more with Russia. And before the Partitions Gdansk was the part of Poland. And because of the disputed status of the city it wasn't the part of neither Germany nor Poland after WW1.
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stanczyk ! 2 hours ago

Kievan Rus has as much to do with Ukraine as it does with Russia. Hint: capital of Ukriane is Kiev, which was also capital of Kievan Rus since around 9th century
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Gen O. ! an hour ago

Constanople (now Istanbul) was a capital of Byzantine Empire. Does that mean that Turkey is related with Byzantine Empire?
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harrykuheim

stanczyk ! an hour ago

This discussion is proving that these 1,000 year old Grudges, Ethnic/Religious/Border disputes and Civil Wars will never end...but of course Obama NOW has the answer.
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Stephen Pierson

stanczyk ! an hour ago

If you go back far enough, Kievan Rus has more to do with Vikings than Slavs.
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swift69 ! 4 hours ago

Lww was Polish city until 1772 when it was taken by Austria, but even in the Austrian Partition the city authorities was Polish. It was Polish again in the Second Polish Republic, then it was annexed by USSR and Stalin resettled Polish population and settled Ukrainian.
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stanczyk ! 4 hours ago

All european borders have moved back and forth to some extent and wars were the result, thats why borders now are sacrosanct in modern Europe and exactly why Crimeas annexation is such a big deal. Are all borders now in question? God help us if they are.
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Us and Them ! 4 hours ago

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Where were you when they did this in Kosovo ??

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Alex a ! an hour ago

He wasn't supporting the genocide of Milosevic and his Serbian madmen.Were you?
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disqus_mKxjpqugE2 ! 6 minutes ago

Milosevic was in the 90s. Kosovo seceded in 2008.

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Us and Them ! 2 hours ago

Lol. Very sacrosanct. What about Czechoslovakia, Yugoslavia?

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swift69 ! 4 hours ago

So when Stalin takes Lvov from Poland, it's ok, when he starves millions of Ukrainians, it's not. Sure - make history your way.
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igor ! 4 hours ago

uhh, no. this is why ukrainians fought against stalinism. the comedy is that you use the term 'lvov' for lviv (or 'lwow').
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swift69 ! 4 hours ago

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comedy? who took Lviv from Poland - Bandera?

swift69 ! 5 hours ago

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Gda"sk jest nasz, ty Banderowcu.

Atheist ! 4 hours ago

right. angry pole still ghting ww2 against ukrainians but has forgiven germans 1000x. as expected, ignores generations of polish suppression of ukraians (which ukrainians have totally forgiven) gotcha. pathetic. fortunately, most of your countrymen dont have their heads so far up their azs like you do.
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swift69 ! 4 hours ago

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swift69 ! 4 hours ago

There is no historical Ukraine. It is a Soviet invention, later legitimized at the illegal Belavezha accords signed in 1991 by unelected presidents of Russia, Ukraine, Belarus. Ukrainian nationalists are pathetic, you have no history, so you come up with some fanciful neo-fascist nonsense and try to legitimize it as your history. But if Ukraine's fabricated, neverexisted history is all about Bandera's Nazi-collaborationist UPA, then you are better o# having no history at all. Funny how western Ukrainians worship Bandera and consider him a hero (Yuschenko even gave Bandera a posthumous "Hero of Ukraine", disgusting move, considering that the "Hero of Ukraine" award was directly copied from the Hero of USSR award, given to Soviet soldiers who crushed Nazism), and the EU considers the illegal quasi-fascist putschist Kiev government as a viable EU candidate. And on the other hand, the EU is voicing concern at the rise of "far right" parties across Europe who are expected a large number of parliamentary seats in the May EU elections.
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Its time for revolution in western Europe. Russia must again lead the way by encouraging the disenfranchised to take up arms and topple the corrupt Brussels EU and NATO beasts. Follow the US example and arm everyone and form militias to take back Europe from its slave masters.
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Freddie Nerk ! an hour ago

What has already been toppled is your thoughts.They are both irrational and delusional.
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swift69 ! 4 hours ago

Obviously. One Demjanjuk means all Ukrainians are guilty, yet Germans and Japanese are just ne. Are you serious that Stalin would "settle Ukrainians" in Lviv? My grandparents are from near there and left in the early 20th century, before Stalin. And they and all their neighbors spoke Ukrainian, even west of Lviv in territory that is now under Polish jurisdiction.
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Kabc Gabc ! 3 hours ago

There were 15% of Ukrainians/Ruthenians in Lww before WW2. It was a centre of Polish culture. And if Demjanjuk was the only bad, then why people on Maidan are shouting "Glory to Ukraine, Glory to heroes"? What heroes? Bandera and Shukhevych? Germany and Japan had denazicaton after WW2. Ukraine not.
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swift69 ! an hour ago

Some Poles still claim Vilnius! Ridiculous!

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igor ! 3 hours ago

LOL yeah right. Why don't you openly claim Poland's right to occupy even more Ukrainian territory instead of making such obvious insinuations ? Typical Polish double-talk. After WW2 when Poland was the ruined potato farm it usually has been through out history - the allies decided to "help" Poland and gave parts of East Germany to them displacing thousands of German families for no reason other than spite. Ever since then Polish have continuously made outlandish claims and been trying to claim vast regions from all neighboring countries territory as their own.
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igor ! 4 hours ago

Sure. As soon as the Poles return the lands they stole from Germany.
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Hen ! 3 hours ago

You pay a price when you invade a country and then loose... Call it restitution.
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Worldtraveller1972 ! 2 hours ago

Well, one man's restitution is another man's ethnic cleansing and mass murder. better make sure you are always on the winning side if you are going to argue might makes right.
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Hen ! an hour ago

How did Poland ethnically cleanse Germany? The opposite, Germany invaded and brutalized the Poles & Poland and killed many (as with many other countries). Germans are lucky to even have a country after loosing WWII. Lost some of its land which is Poland now and will remain so.. The only thing Stalin ever did positive for Poland.
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Hen ! 2 hours ago

Wroc$aw was Czech for the most of its history, it was German for less than 200 years. Majority of the Slavic city names have -au ending in German. For example Breslau, Krakau, Warschau and Moskau. And loss of these lands was a form of punishment for starting the war. Just like Alsace-Lorraine.
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stanczyk ! 2 hours ago

No, the loss of the lands was a power play by Stalin who lied to the other Allies at Potsdam and told them these lands could not be restored to Germany because they had already been cleansed of Germans by the Poles.
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Hen ! an hour ago

The Germans from that lands were not cleansed, but resettled west of Odra. Ethnic cleansing (of Jews and Poles) is more like
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west of Odra. Ethnic cleansing (of Jews and Poles) is more like German thing...
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stanczyk ! an hour ago

Or a Serbian thing in recent times.

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Hen ! 4 hours ago

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They didn't steal. It was Stalin.

stanczyk ! 5 hours ago

If you're going to go back to ww2 to harbor grudges like this, i better not see you anywhere near a bmw. and, lest we forget the brutal oppression ukrainians lived under polish rule back then experienced. but it looks like you're a pole who believes putin's nonsense about 'fascists' in ukraine. as you damn well know, there are far more neo nazis in poland than there are in ukraine. and there's a lot lot lot lot more in russia than either.
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swift69 ! 5 hours ago

I don't like Putin, but he is right about fascist movements. My grandmother's brother was murdered by UPA, so don't tell me that fascists in the Ukraine are Putin's propaganda.
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stanczyk ! 5 hours ago

so, your grandmother's brother was murdered in.. 1944? please, also tell me about fascists in gemmany. i heard bad things happpened there too in 1944. you do realize that your polish occupation of ukraine was a cruel military dictatorship from the 1920s-1940s, right?
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swift69 ! 4 hours ago

You are brainwashed by Ukrainian propaganda. Second Polish Republic was treating Ukrainians better than USSR - they had schools with Ukrainian language. They didn't starved them to death like Stalin did. And anti-ukrainian athmosphere was the result of terrorist activity of Ukrainian fascists (especially after assasination of Polish Minister of Internal A#airs Bronis$aw Pieracki). And the same Ukrainian fascists murdered 200 000 innocent Polish civilians during WW2.
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stanczyk ! 3 hours ago

Guys, you should ban your rullers from anti-Russian rhetoric.This is in the interest of the US, but not at all in the interest of EU or Poland. The US is interested in a weak EU, but you do need Russia as your trade partner and good neighbour rather than as an enemy.
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Dick Trende

Observer ! 3 hours ago

I was waiting for some TROLL to bring anti US propaganda back into the discussion.
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Observer ! 40 minutes ago

Russia is not making "good neighbors" currently.It is not recognizing the Ukrainian right to depose the Russian puppet,Yanukovych,and is invading sovereign countries,annexing them,and setting up sham elections In order to justify their criminal behavior,in deance of international law.
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stanczyk ! 3 hours ago

why can't neighbors be friends? Is it because we are too close in proximity? Do we share resources or water? what is the nal fact that creates tension? Bringing up the past like it just happened. That's why religion is such a war creator, it histories injustices. Tell you what, you guys have the coolest trees and forests. You could be the cross country skiing capital of the globe. And nature safaris. You have some cool places. - don't ght..they make money when we ght and then that encourages them to make more.
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FishFlue ! 3 hours ago

Terrible. I think all problem is the Ukraine TV with anti-russian propoganda. They turn o# Russian TV. No other sources of info. So they even don't know that there is no war. They think that Ukraine Army is the best and is ghting everyday pro-russian protesters and russian army and winning in all directions till Moscow city. Even According to Ukraine TV, US and EU is not helping them because the tornado in USA was made by prorussian protesters. Terrible.
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Andre Pepin ! 2 hours ago

Clearly you get your information from Russian TV. And exactly why shouldn't Ukrainians be proud of Ukrainian army?
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Gen O. ! 2 hours ago

Because there is no war! And not going to happened!

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Andre Pepin ! 2 hours ago

You have been acting like a peace loving guy on these boards but you are clearly a paid Moscow blogger. Does Russia broadcast Ukrainian TV? Do you watch Ukrainian TV?
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Tony ! 2 hours ago

I don't have Ukrainian TV only on youtube some Ukrainian TV. Why asking?
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Andre Pepin ! 2 hours ago

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Because you're a provocateur. Where are you from Andrei?

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