A pro-Russian platoon commander kisses his bride at their wedding ceremony in the flashpoint city of Donetsk today where just a few kilometres away 19 government soldiers were killed in a rocket attack. Arsen Pavlov, who goes by the call sign Motorola, dressed in battle fatigues and sported a broken arm in a sling to wed sweetheart Elena Kolenkina in the eastern Ukraine city, currently at the centre of the the country's bloody civil war. Snipers kept watch through windows of the town's registry office while  guests included several high-ranking separatist leaders including the self-proclaimed Governor of Donetsk, Pavel Gubarev.
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Arsen Pavlov wed sweetheart Elena Kolenkina in flashpoint city
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Guests included the self-proclaimed governor of Donetsk, Pavel Gubarev
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Snipers kept watch through windows of the town's registry office
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23 government soldiers killed during attempt to retake eastern regions
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Government troops have been fighting separatists for over three months
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President Poroshenko said that Kiev would 'find and destroy' the pro-Russian separatists responsible for missile attack
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