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Fireworks in front of administration building after Donetsk People's Republic declares sovereignty

(12 May 2014) The self-proclaimed Donetsk People's Republic celebrated their newly claimed independence with a spectacle of fireworks outside the Donetsk administration building on Monday. As the brief spectacle lit up the night sky, a crowd of several hundred people who had gathered at the administration building cheered and chanted "Donbass" and "Russia." Denis Pushilin, co-chair of the Donetsk People's Republic, addressed the crowds from a stage behind the razor wire barricades. He reiterated his claim from earlier in the day that Donetsk was now a sovereign state and called on Russia to merge with the Donetsk region. The pro-Russian organisers of the referendum said ninety percent of voters in the key industrial region in eastern Ukraine came out in favour of sovereignty on Sunday. But Ukraine's central government called the election a "farce" and disputed the results. The results of the two referendums could hasten the break-up of the country and worsen what is already the gravest crisis between the West and Russia since the end of the Cold War. Find out more about AP Archive: http://www.aparchive.com/HowWeWork Twitter:   / ap_archive   Facebook:   / aparchives   ​​ Instagram:   / apnews   You can license this story through AP Archive: http://www.aparchive.com/metadata/you...