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ROSTOV ON DON - Ukraine's President Viktor Yanukovych has urged the Kyiv authorities to withdraw mercenaries and troops from Donetsk, Luhansk, Odessa and other regions, to stop violence and terror against their own people, said a statement by Yanukovych obtained by ITAR-TASS on May 12.

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