Ukraine dismisses Russian threats to intervene, continues ‘anti-terrorist’ campaign

View Photo Gallery — Clashes spread across eastern Ukraine: Fighting has broken out among Ukrainian security forces, local protesters and pro-Russian militants.

By William Booth and Michael Birnbaum, Updated: Friday, April 25, 9:25 AM E-mail the writers

DONETSK, Ukraine — The Ukrainian government Friday brushed off Russian threats of intervention in a tense standoff in eastern Ukraine, declaring that Ukraine’s “anti-terrorist operation” against pro-Russian militiamen occupying government buildings would continue.

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