Blast ‘kills three’ during pro-government march in eastern Ukraine

An explosion killed at least three people and wounded more than 10 on Sunday in Ukraine’s government-controlled eastern city of Kharkiv, officials say. The explosion happened during a pro-Ukrainian peace march marking the one-year anniversary of the overthrow of the country’s former pro-Kremlin president. The city’s prosecutors office said three people died, while reporters at the scene said they saw two bodies lying on the ground covered with Ukrainian flags. Kharkiv police spokeswoman Natalia Zakharova said an investigation would be opened into an apparent “terrorist explosion” caused by an unidentified device.

We are not going to sit back and allow this kind of cynical, craven behavior to continue.

U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry, speaking on Saturday about Russian’s involvement with the separatists rebels

Other marches celebrating the overthrow of former president Viktor Yanukovych a year ago, after street protests brutally repressed by snipers, were taking place in Kiev and other parts of government controlled Ukraine on Sunday. A UN-backed ceasefire came into effect in Ukraine’s east a week ago but has been largely ignored by both sides in the conflict.

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