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 A rally of about 1,000 pro-Ukrainian protesters was attacked by dozens of men wielding bats in central Donetsk, an eastern Ukrainian city in the center of the separatist-troubled region. Or was it? Ukrainian and international news media reported that the attackers were pro-Russian separatists storming a rally for Ukrainian unity. Russia-based media told a different story.

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