The Ukrainian president has ordered the army to raise the national flag in Slavyansk after the rebels reportedly fled their eastern stronghold and government forces moved in.
Earlier, a Ukrainian minister had said the rebels and a top commander had fled - though the report was denied by the pro-Russia separatists.
President Petro Poroshenko's website said the separatist fighters had come under mortar fire as they tried to break through government forces' lines.
The website, citing the newly appointed head of the armed forces general staff, said the separatists had lost one tank and other armoured vehicles.
Ukraine launched its first major assault nearly three months ago "The President gave the order ... for the state flag to be raised on Slavyansk's town council offices," it said.
The town council office was one of the main buildings where the rebels had been based.
Separatists seized the industrial city of nearly 120,000 people on April 6, and on May 30 rebels there brought down a military helicopter killing 14 servicemen.
The interior minister, Arsen Avakov, said in a Facebook post that the militias were fleeing to Gorlivka, a city of 260,000 about 50km (30 miles) southeast of Slavyansk that remains largely under the rebels' control.
He also wrote that civilians were taking over roadblocks previously controlled by the insurgents "and carrying weapons and bulletproof vests abandoned by the rebels".
This week, Ukraine's cease-fire with pro-Russian separatists expired and Mr Poroshenko said his forces would go on the offensive against the rebels.
But, amid increasing violence, Mr Poroshenko on Friday called for immediate crisis talks with rebel commanders and Russia.
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