Rebels seize two military bases in eastern Ukraine

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Rebels seize two military bases in eastern Ukraine
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Pro-Russian separatists seized two Ukrainian military bases in Luhansk on Wednesday as fighting continued in the country's eastern region. Ukraine's government said it was pressing on with its "anti-terrorist operation" aimed at stamping out the violent opposition. A government spokesman said more than 300 rebel fighters had been killed and 500 wounded in fighting over the past day alone near the separatist stronghold of Slaviansk. Read more at the BBC.

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Harold Maass is a contributing editor at The Week. He has been writing for The Week since the 2001 debut of the U.S. print edition and served as editor of TheWeek.com when it launched in 2008. Harold started his career as a newspaper reporter in South Florida and Haiti. He has previously worked for a variety of news outlets, including The Miami Herald, ABC News and Fox News, and for several years wrote a daily roundup of financial news for The Week and Yahoo Finance.