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Source: AP
Three bridges on key roads leading into Donetsk were blown up Monday an apparent attempt to slow down any possible assault by Ukrainian forces on the countrys main rebel-held city.
Fighters driven out of Slavyansk and other eastern towns by the Ukrainian army had regrouped in Donetsk, a city of one million where pro-Russia separatists have declared independence under the Donetsk Peoples Republic. Pavel Gubarev, the regions self-described governor, had promised real partisan war around the whole perimeter of Donetsk before thousands of supporters at a rally Sunday.
It was not exactly clear who blew up the highway and train bridges Monday, but their destruction would most benefit the rebels.
In the village of Novobakhmutivka, where a rail line crosses over a highway out of Donetsk, an 11-wagon cargo train was perched perilously on the collapsed bridge. The road leads toward Slavyansk, a former insurgent stronghold that was recaptured Saturday by Ukrainian troops after intense fighting.
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