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Identity crisis for Ukraine's second city as tensions rise

Ukraine's second city of Kharkiv is struggling with an identity crisis, torn between allegiances to Russia, and to the pro-Western movement that recently brought down the government in Kiev.

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Ukraine troops dig in at border in staredown with Russia

With Russian forces stationed along its border, Ukraine has ramped up its own defences, deploying army units to the frontier and beefing up border patrols and customs checks.

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Kharkiv government HQ target of cycle of violent protest

The regional government HQ in the Ukrainian city of Kharkiv has become the focus of repeated assaults by pro-Russian protesters, bent on forcing the local administration to grant them a referendum on greater authority.