KIEV/DONETSK, Ukraine (Reuters) - A leading telecoms firm and a humanitarian group owned by Ukraine's richest man said on Wednesday they had been forced to stop operating in territory controlled by Russia-backed separatists as their offices had been seized by armed men.
On Monday, separatist leaders warned they would take control of Ukraine-run businesses in rebel-held areas if the government in Kiev did not end a blockade by a group of Ukrainian lawmakers and veterans on rail traffic from separatist territory.
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