In france. Hello. Armed separatists in the eastern ukrainian city of luhansk have reportedly been making fresh advances. Six separatists and 11 ukranian soldiers are known to have died. Many civilians are leaving. They are in control of a guard base and border guard post which ukranian forces were forced to abandon. Western leaders are threatening russia with more sanctions. David chater has this update from luhansk. Reporter the fact that the separatist fighters overran this border base after a fierce firefight is not just a humiliating defeat for kiev and their antiterror operation, it has strategic consequences. This is the base, the headquarters where they control and coordinate the russian border crossings, where they communicate with the border posts, which are emptying, and have no way of communicating with the border guards. That means a large blind spot is opening up on the russian border. It means the people in kiev, the government in kiev, the Security Services no longer hav
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