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| − | |timelines=Ukraine coup 2014
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| − | |start=2014/04/15 00:00:00
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| − | |description=Acting President, Olexander Turchynov, announces start of "anti-terrorist operation" against Donbas protestors.
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| − | ==Further information==
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| − | From a BBC Europe report:
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| − | {{QB|Ukraine's acting President [[Olexander Turchynov]] has announced the start of an ''"anti-terrorist operation"'' (ATO) against pro-Russian separatists.
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| − | He told parliament it was being conducted ''"stage by stage, in a responsible... manner"''. <ref>[http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-europe-27035196 Ukraine says Donetsk 'anti-terror operation' under way] - BBC Europe report 16 April 2014</ref>
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| − | It is clear from Turchynov's announcement that the Junta expected to secure full control and compliance in the South-Eastern parts of the country with relative ease. Asit turned out, thismarked the beginning of what has become a protracted and bloody civil war with the junta using all the military power at its disposal against its own citizens.
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| − | ==External links==
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| − | *[http://www.kyivpost.com/content/ukraine-abroad/associated-press-turchynov-announces-anti-terror-move-in-eastern-ukraine-343581.html Turchynov announces anti-terror move in eastern Ukraine] - Kiev Post 15 April 2014
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