Ukrainian servicemen patrol at a checkpoint outside the eastern Ukrainian town of Slaviansk June 4, 2014. REUTERS/Gleb Garanich
NEAR SLAVIANSK, Ukraine, (Reuters) - Ukrainian government forces battled separatists with artillery and automatic weapons on Wednesday in a second day of fighting in and around Slaviansk, forcing many residents to flee.
The Kiev government, trying to break rebellions by pro-Russia militias, said over 300 rebels had been killed in the past 24 hours in the "anti-terrorist operation" centred on the eastern town, a strategically located separatist stronghold.
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