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| MARIUPOL, Ukraine — Ukrainian security forces driving armored vehicles attacked a police station in this city of half a million on Friday, reducing the building to smoldering rubble and killing at least seven people, according to local residents who say they watched the assault. | |
| The attack signaled what appeared to be a major escalation in the interim government’s fight with pro-Russian militants in southeastern Ukraine, and came two days after President Vladimir V. Putin of Russia urged that the separatists delay a referendum scheduled for Sunday and that all sides settle their differences through dialogue. | The attack signaled what appeared to be a major escalation in the interim government’s fight with pro-Russian militants in southeastern Ukraine, and came two days after President Vladimir V. Putin of Russia urged that the separatists delay a referendum scheduled for Sunday and that all sides settle their differences through dialogue. |
| Hours after the assault, the bodies of two of the dead were still lying in the street, possibly victims of gunfire that the security forces leveled against a crowd of people who broke away from a pro-Russian Victory Day march to lend support to the police inside the station, residents said. | Hours after the assault, the bodies of two of the dead were still lying in the street, possibly victims of gunfire that the security forces leveled against a crowd of people who broke away from a pro-Russian Victory Day march to lend support to the police inside the station, residents said. |
| The death toll was expected to rise as rescue workers gained access to the police station, which exploded in flames during the attack. Hospital officials said they were treating 26 people for wounds and holding the bodies of five others. | The death toll was expected to rise as rescue workers gained access to the police station, which exploded in flames during the attack. Hospital officials said they were treating 26 people for wounds and holding the bodies of five others. |
| In recent weeks, Ukrainian army units have set up bases outside many of the cities in southeastern Ukraine where pro-Russian militants have seized public buildings and proclaimed an independent Donetsk People’s Republic. In that time, they attacked a few rebel-held checkpoints, but until Friday had not undertaken a frontal assault on any of the buildings being held by the separatists. | In recent weeks, Ukrainian army units have set up bases outside many of the cities in southeastern Ukraine where pro-Russian militants have seized public buildings and proclaimed an independent Donetsk People’s Republic. In that time, they attacked a few rebel-held checkpoints, but until Friday had not undertaken a frontal assault on any of the buildings being held by the separatists. |