Pro-Russian Rebels Storm Police HQ In Ukraine

Thousands of pro-Russian militants have reportedly stormed a police headquarters in the southern Ukrainian city of Odessa.

An AFP reporter on the scene said around 3,000 people were involved in the attack.

The mob is said to have shouted "fascists, fascists" as they demanded the release of some of their number held since clashes on Friday.

Police have started to release some of those detained, according to Reuters news agency.

A mob attacks a police HQ in Odessa

Forty-two people were killed during fighting with pro-Ukraine supporters in the city two days ago, including at least 31 in a fire.

Ukraine's interim Prime Minister Arseniy Yatsenyuk has visited Odessa and told Sky News he considers his country to be at war.

A rebel blockade burns in the city of Kramatorsk

"It seems to me that the entire world is facing a new type of war," he said.

"This is the new war, with the military, with no insignia on their uniforms, with agents that have a well-organised terrorist plot network.

"With the diplomatic pressure on Ukraine, with the tough and rude Russian propaganda, with playing on Ukrainian sentiments and not only Ukrainian.

Separatists in Luhansk have been bolstering barricades, fearing an attack

"And with the real threat to the global security and mainly to the European one."

Elsewhere, the Ukrainian government said armed forces and the National Guard had reclaimed a television tower in Kramatorsk.

Insurgents torched buses in the city on Saturday in an effort to ward off attacks.

A wrecked tanker blocks the road in Kramatorsk

Russian television claims 10 people have already died in the violence.

Armed personnel carriers were seen driving through Kramatorsk on Saturday but appeared to later return to their airfield base on the edge of the city.

Ukraine's efforts to fight the pro-Russian insurgency has so far concentrated on the nearby stronghold of Slavyansk.

Flowers at the scene of the deadly fire in Odessa

Rebels have seized government buildings in around a dozen cities as they push for autonomy from Ukraine.

Ukraine, which was plunged into crisis following the ousting of President Yanukovych in February, says it is fighting "terrorists" who are being encouraged and helped by the Russian regime.

The deadly fire in Odessa on Friday pushed tensions to a new high.

At least 31 pro-Russian activists died when a trade union building was petrol-bombed during fighting with groups loyal to Kiev.

Russia said it was "outraged" and denounced the "criminal irresponsibility" of the pro-Western authorities in Kiev.

Sky's Katie Stallard, in Odessa, said people are still bringing flowers to lay outside the building during a second day of official mourning.

"There are real fears about where this goes from here," said Stallard.

"There is already talk of pro-Russian separatists publishing names and contact details of who they say are pro-Ukrainian protesters, who they accuse of being involved in the violence."

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