"Last night 10 people on our side died, they were all unarmed civilians,” the leader, who wouldn’t disclose his identity, told RIA Novosti.
He added that 30 people were wounded after the Ukrainian army opened fire.
The Ukrainian army’s assault on Kramatorsk started on Friday night. Earlier reports said that one self-defense activist was killed and nine were injured.
Ukrainian Interior Minister Arsen Avakov warned that the special military operation in Kramatorsk would resume on Saturday morning, adding that the military has already taken control of the city’s TV tower.
“The active phase of the operation will continue at sunrise,” Avakov said on his Facebook page. “We are not going to stop.”
Avakov also said two self-defense checkpoints were destroyed near Kramatorsk airport.......[http://rt.com]
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Seven international military observers taken captive in eastern Ukraine a week ago have been released....
ReplyDeleteFive Ukrainian officers captured with the observers, who are linked to the Organization for Security and Co-operation in Europe, were also freed.
Pro-Russian separatists in the town of Sloviansk say they released the OSCE observers "without conditions".
The news came as Ukraine's government said it had resumed military action to tackle the separatists in the east.
Russia, accused by the West of being behind the unrest, says it "no longer has any influence" over the separatists.
Moscow also accused Kiev and the West of responsibility for Friday's violence in the south-western city of Odessa, which left at least 36 people dead..............http://www.bbc.com/news/world-europe-27265927
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