DONETSK: Ukraine was threatened with disintegration as pro-Kremlin militants seized government buildings in the eastern city of Donetsk, declared independence and vowed to vote on joining Russia.

The activists proclaimed the creation of a "people's republic" and appealed to Russian President Vladimir Putin to send a "peacekeeping contingent of the Russian army" to support them.

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