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Ukraine mayor shot; US announces new sanctions

By Maria Danilova
Published April 28, 2014 10:07pm ET
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Ukraine mayor shot; US announces new sanctions
A pro Ukrainian man chants slogans against Russian president Vladimir Putin, during a pro Ukraine rally in Donetsk, Ukraine, Monday, April 28, 2014. About a thousand pro-Russian activists armed with sticks and steel rods attacked the participants of pro-Ukrainian rally in center of Donetsk. Ukraine's acting government and the West have accused Russia of orchestrating the unrest, which they fear Moscow could use as a pretext for an invasion.(AP Photo/Manu Brabo) | Manu Brabo

KIEV, Ukraine (AP) — The mayor of Ukraine’s second-largest city was shot in the back Monday and hundreds of men attacked a peaceful pro-Ukraine rally with batons, bricks and stun grenades, wounding dozens as tensions soared in Ukraine’s volatile east.

One presidential candidate said the mayor was deliberately targeted in an effort to destabilize the entire city of Kharkiv, a hub of 1.5 million people.

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