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| Ukraine crisis: Pro-Russia activists seize Luhansk HQ | Ukraine crisis: Pro-Russia activists seize Luhansk HQ |
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| A large crowd of pro-Russian activists has stormed the regional administration's headquarters in the eastern Ukrainian city of Luhansk. | A large crowd of pro-Russian activists has stormed the regional administration's headquarters in the eastern Ukrainian city of Luhansk. |
| A few dozen men, some reportedly armed with metal bars, smashed windows and doors to break into the building. | |
| Activists shouting "Referendum Russia" later flew a Russian flag over it. | |
| Earlier, Russia criticised sanctions imposed by the US and EU on individuals and companies over their alleged actions aimed at destabilising Ukraine. | |
| Deputy Foreign Minister Sergei Ryabkov said the US had "essentially lowered an 'Iron Curtain'" by targeting Russia's high-tech sector. | |
| Mr Ryabkov also said the EU should be ashamed of extending its own sanctions and was "under Washington's thumb". |