Ukrainian President Petro Poroshenko issued several decrees on Nov. 15 to shut state institutions and banking services in pro-Russian eastern regions, pressing a move to cut links with the rebel-held territory.
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Reuters: Ukraine to close state offices, bank services in rebel-held east
People line up to withdraw money from the cash machine at a bank in the eastern Ukrainian city of Donetsk on Nov. 13, 2014.
