Eastern Ukrainian region declares independence
Pro-Russian activists who seized the main administration building in the eastern Ukrainian city of Donetsk raise the flag of the so-called "Donetsk Republic,"April 7, 2014.
They proclaimed the creation of a sovereign "people's republic" independent of Kiev's rule.
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Pro-Russian supporters clash with members of the riot police as they storm the regional administration building in the eastern Ukrainian city of Donetsk, April 6, 2014.
About 50 protesters chanting "Donetsk is a Russian city!" broke through police lines and stormed inside the main administration building of the eastern Ukrainian city.