US says Russian agitators in Ukraine

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Pro-Russian demonstrators maintain their presence outside Ukraine government buildings in support of those inside who've seized them.

These were the scenes outside the regional administration building in Donetsk on Tuesday night.

In Luhansk the crowd swelled to about 1, 000 outside the Ukrainian security services building.

Pro-Russian activists inside deny Ukraine security service reports they have hostages and have wired the building with explosives.

But they say they have seized an armoury of automatic rifles.

In Kharkiv city, also in the east, pro-Russian protesters attacked the private ATN TV channel.

They damaged studio equipment and computers.

In the same city on the same day Ukrainian police arrested about 70 people suspected of seizing the regional administration building.

U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry says the separatist unrest is being stirred up by Russia.

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