A protestor sits on the ground in front of a line of Ukrainian National Guard servicemen blocking the entrance to the President Palace in Kiev, on September 17, 2014, as activists from far-right nationalist movements protested against the adoption on September 16, of laws that give extra self-rule powers to some rebel-held territories in the Donetsk and Lugansk regions on eastern Ukraine. AFP PHOTO/GENYA SAVILOV
Fresh fighting in eastern Ukraine has killed at least two people and wounded three. This comes after Ukrainian lawmakers agreed to give rebel areas “special status” for at least three years.
The move will give these territories limited autonomy and options for elections. CCTV America’s Stephanie Freid reports on how the people in Donetsk have been proceeding with caution.
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