Ukraine's interior minister has announced firing hundreds of police officers in Donetsk who are accused of siding with pro-Russian rebels and breaking their oath to a unified nation, as the government moved to reassert its authority amid heightening tensions with Russia.
Russia's War Against Ukraine
The Moscow Times: Ukraine fires hundreds of police who ‘sided’ with pro-Russian rebels
A pro-Russian militant looks through the scope of his rifle during the storm of the regional police station in the centre of the eastern Ukrainian city of Donetsk on July 1, 2014.