Ukraine’s president on Saturday ordered the army to raise the national flag over the eastern city of Slavyansk after pro-Russian separatist militants overnight fled from their stronghold in convoys of armoured personnel carriers, trucks and tanks. “The President gave the order . . . for the state flag to be raised over the Slavyansk city council,” said a statement on Petro Poroshenko’s presidential website.
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UKRAINE, Slavyansk : Ukrainian forces guard their position at the check-point near Slavyansk, Donetsk region on July 4, 2014. Ukrainian President Petro Poroshenko has told EU foreign policy chief Catherine Ashton he was ready to convene new European-mediated crisis talks with separatist leaders and Russian officials on Saturday. AFP PHOTO/ GENYA SAVILOV
