KOSTYANTYNIVKA Ukraine (Reuters) - Armed pro-Russian separatists in masks and military fatigues seized the police headquarters and state administration building in the east Ukrainian town of Kostyantynivka on Monday, as an uprising against Kiev appeared to spread.
Reuters reporters at the scene said each building was under the control of around 20 well-organised gunmen, some in flak jackets and carrying automatic weapons. They erected a barricade of tyres, sandbags and concrete blocks unloaded from a lorry in front of the administration building.