A Ukrainian serviceman stands guard as residents wait in line to receive food from employees of the Emergency Ministry near City Hall in the eastern Ukrainian city of Slavyansk on Monday. AFP PHOTO
A Ukrainian serviceman stands guard as residents wait in line to receive food from employees of the Emergency Ministry near City Hall in the eastern Ukrainian city of Slavyansk on Monday. AFP PHOTO

Ukraine’s President Petro Poroshenko—buoyed after retaking the rebel stronghold of Slavyansk—said he plans to quickly seize more territory from pro-Russian separatists and described the recapture as “a turning point” in the fight for control of his country’s east.

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