MOSCOW (Reuters) - Russia blamed Kiev on Monday for a surge in violence in southeastern Ukraine and urged the West not to show its support with actions such as imposing new sanctions on Moscow.
Pro-Moscow separatists, backed by what NATO says is the open participation of Russian troops, have launched an offensive in eastern and souththeastern Ukraine and Kiev said on Saturday 30 civilians had been killed in shelling of the city of Mariupol.
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