Armed pro-Russian separatists board a bus as they leave their positions in Kramatorsk in eastern Ukraine July 5, 2014. REUTERS/Maxim Zmeyev
SLAVIANSK Ukraine (Reuters) - Ukrainian forces routed pro-Russian rebels in a flashpoint area of eastern Ukraine on Saturday and raised the country's blue and yellow flag again over what had for months been the separatist redoubt of Slaviansk.
A Reuters reporter saw a convoy of about 20 military transport vehicles and buses filled with armed rebels driving out of Kramatorsk where they had gone after apparently fleeing Slaviansk 20 km (12 miles) to the north.
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