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Pelley good evening. This is our western edition. The crisis in ukraine that threatens peace in europe took a dangerous new turn today. The Ukrainian Government launched an offensive to try to take back eastern parts of the country now controlled by pro russian forces. Two ukrainian helicopters were shot down. The violence spread to ukraines Third Largest city, odessa. Supporters of the Ukrainian Government there fought with prorussian activists. Dozens are reported dead, and Russian Troops are massed on the border. Clarissa ward is in ukraine. Reporter early this morning, Ukrainian Forces pushed towards slavyansk, a city that has been under the control of prorussian rebels for nearly a month. But few in this crowd welcome them. We want them to leave. Thats it, this woman said. We dont have weapons. We dont have anything. Many here in Eastern Ukraine support russia and view the government in kiev as hostile. Today, both the government and the separatists say two ukrainian helicopters w

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