双语新闻：乌克兰努力维持对东部地区的控制 Ukraine Struggles to Keep Control in East

乌克兰政府正在努力维持对亲俄罗斯的该国东部主要城市的控制。在此同时，示威者占据政府办公建筑，并要求举行决定是否并入俄罗斯的全民公投。

有关当局表示，哈尔科夫星期二发生枪击事件，至少60名抗议者被捕。在顿涅茨克，亲俄罗斯的示威者继续留在他们星期天占据的政府办公建筑里。

在卢甘斯克，乌克兰当局说，50多人星期三清晨获准离开国家安全总部，据称亲俄罗斯抗议者在那里扣留了60名人质。有关官员说，抗议者在那座建筑里安装了炸药。

美国国务卿克里谴责俄罗斯特工和特种部队在乌克兰东部煽动分离主义骚乱。他说，俄罗斯现在的行动“正如我们在克里米亚看到的一样，是在为进行军事干预制造借口”。

克里星期二对美国参议院外交关系委员会说，莫斯科在乌克兰的卷入是“明确无误” 的。他表示，如果俄罗斯继续在乌克兰制造不稳定局势，奥巴马总统将准备对俄罗斯采取更严厉的制裁。

vUkraine is struggling to keep control of key cities in its pro-Russian east as demonstrators seize government buildings and demand votes on joining Russia.

Authorities say shots were fired and at least 60 protesters arrested in Kharkiv Tuesday, while pro-Russian demonstrators held on to government offices captured Sunday in Donetsk.

In Luhansk, Ukrainian authorities say more than 50 people were allowed to leave state security headquarters early Wednesday, where the pro-Russians were allegedly holding 60 hostages. The officials say the protesters have wired the building with explosives.

U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry accused Russian agents and special forces of stoking separatist unrest in eastern Ukraine. He called the Russian actions "a contrived pretext for military intervention just as we saw in Crimea."

Kerry told a senate committee Tuesday that Moscow's involvement in Ukraine "clear and unmistakable." He said President Barack Obama is preparing more tough sanctions on Russia if it continues destabilizing Ukraine.