Tensions down after 'coup' in Ukraine's separatist region

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Tensions down after 'coup' in Ukraine's separatist region

An armoured vehicle next to government buildings in eastern Ukraine's rebel-held Lugansk after an apparent standoff between the rebel region's self-proclaimed leader Igor Plotnitsky and the interior minister, who's been accused of seeking to destabilise the war-scarred city

Lugansk (Ukraine) (AFP) - Tensions appeared to abate Thursday in Lugansk, a stronghold of Russian-backed separatists in eastern Ukraine, two days after infighting erupted in the war-scarred region, culminating in accusations of a coup attempt.

The so-called Lugansk People's Republic, one of two regions controlled by the rebels, has for years been blighted by leadership squabbles and several senior leaders have been assassinated.

The current conflict escalated on Tuesday, when hundreds of armed men in military fatigues without insignia blocked access to government buildings in what one of the soldiers described as military drills ordered by the Lugansk interior ministry.

Read more at: https://www.yahoo.com/news/tensions-down-coup-ukraines-separatist-region-184429171.html

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See, among the Russian separatist rebels, they had a so-called "coup" this past week.