Reuters: Ukraine declares state of emergency, summons citizens home from Russia
* Kyiv declares state of emergency from Thursday, calls up reservists
* EU adds Russian lawmakers to blacklist * Britain to stop selling Russian sovereign debt
* EU leaders to hold emergency summit
KYIV/DONETSK, Feb 23 (Reuters) - Ukraine declared a state of emergency on Wednesday and told its citizens in Russia to flee, while Moscow began evacuating its Kyiv embassy in the latest ominous signs for Ukrainians who fear an all-out Russian military onslaught.
Shelling intensified at the line of contact in eastern Ukraine, where Russian President Vladimir Putin recognised the independence of two Moscow-backed rebel regions this week and has ordered the deployment of Russian troops as "peacekeepers".
But there was still no clear indication of whether he plans to follow that up with a massed assault on Ukraine involving the tens of thousands of troops he has gathered near his neighbour's borders.
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