Pro-Russia protesters occupy regional government in Ukraine’s Donetsk

DONETSK, Ukraine, March 3 (Reuters) – Pro-Russian

demonstrators occupied the first floor of the regional

government building in east Ukraine’s city of Donetsk on Monday.

A Reuters reporter in a press centre on the fourth floor of

the building said the protesters had seized the first floor but

were unable to go higher because lifts were disabled and

stairwell doors shut.

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The 11-storey building has been flying the Russian flag,

rather than the Ukrainian flag, for three days, with

demonstrators carrying Russian flags staging rallies outside.

(Reporting by Lina Kushch; Editing by Peter Graff)