3 dead in storming Ukrainian National Guard base

Updated: 2014-04-18 10:22

(chinadaily.com.cn)

Sergei Shevchenko, a pro-Russian protester wounded in storming the Ukrainian National Guard base, speaks in a hospital in Mariupol, Ukraine, on April 17, 2014. "We just threw Molotov cocktails to light the way," said Shevchenko, a 40-year-old businessman from the regional capital, Donetsk. [Photo/icpress.cn]

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