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GRIFF WITTE (THE WASHINGTON POST)
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Residents of Donetsk, Ukraine, destroy candy being given away by rebels Sunday.
In Ukraine, Even Candy Is Political It started off as a PR stunt and ended in one gooey mess Donetsk, Ukraine The conflict in eastern Ukraine has been fought with bullets, bombs and mortars. But on Sunday, the weapons of choice were chocolate, caramel and lemon-lime. What started as a separatist publicity stunt ended in one angry mess. The rebel government had staged a rally for children in Donetsk’s Lenin Square to highlight what it claims are indiscriminate Ukrainian army attacks on civilians. Moms and dads flocked to the square, kids in tow, to hear speakers rail against the “bloodthirsty Kiev junta.” At the end, there was a surprise: A van pulled up and militants dressed in camouflage hopped out, bearing candy they said had been plundered from a local warehouse. Kids squealed with delight. Parents rushed to claim their share. But then, some in the crowd noticed that the sweets were made by Roshen, the company owned by the Ukrainian tycoon known as the Chocolate King, Petro Poroshenko. He became the country’s presidentelect last month, but rebel support-
On Monday Hundreds of pro-Russia insurgents assaulted a border command center in eastern Ukraine on Monday, leading to heavy clashes between government forces and rebels. The attack in Luhansk, which involved as many as 500 pro-Russia rebels armed with mortars and rocket-propelled grenades, was perhaps the largest assault on a Ukrainian government building in the nearly two months that separatists have been waging their insurgency. At least five rebels were killed. (T WP)
ers blame him for the violence that has engulfed the country’s southeast. The mood turned in a flash. “The candy is poisoned!” some screamed. “No to blood candy!” others chanted. Shoving broke out. Mothers kicked the boxes, stomped the candy and screamed at the militants. The militants screamed back. “We wanted to give candy to children! That’s all!” one fighter shouted. But it was too late. The crowd had turned. The fighters jumped back into their van. As it sped away, a father pelted it with a bag of sweets. GRIFF WIT TE (THE WASHINGTON POST )