Thousands of panicked refugees are flooding highways and packed trains heading out of the main remaining rebel strongholds in eastern Ukraine fearing attacks by government forces who lost 30 soldiers to defiant militants. Pro-Russian separatists killed 19 troops in a hail of heavy rocket fire on Friday, July 11, near the Russian border in a bloody reminder of their resolve to reverse the recent tide of government gains across the east of the country.
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Rappler: Refugees flee Ukraine rebel bastions fearing reprisal assault
An Emergency Ministry employee gives bread to residents of the eastern Ukrainian city of Sloviansk at City Hall on July 6.
