A full-scale sweep operation is underway in the eastern Ukrainian city of Slavyansk, armored vehicles are on the outskirts of the city, a spokesman for the Slavyansk militia said Friday.
The Ukrainian authorities have used helicopters against civilians, he said.
Ukrainian Air Force combat helicopters are in the sky above the east Ukrainian city of Slavyansk, the city is fully blocked, a representative of the militia said Friday.
He told Itar-Tass that he has no confirmed information on those injured or killed.
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Ukraine says its government forces are continuing an "anti-terror" operation in the eastern city of Sloviansk.....
ReplyDeleteInterior Minister Arsen Avakov said one Ukrainian pilot had been killed, and other people wounded. Nine rebel checkpoints had been seized, he said.
However, separatists at three Sloviansk checkpoints told the BBC they were still in control there.
Pro-Russian gunmen have shot down at least two helicopters, reportedly capturing one pilot.
The fighting appears to be concentrating on the periphery of the city, says the BBC's Sarah Rainsford in the regional capital Donetsk.
Sloviansk is a stronghold for pro-Russian separatists who are exerting increasing control in the region.
On Thursday, Russia's foreign ministry warned that any assaults by Ukraine's troops in the region would have "catastrophic consequences", triggering fears an invasion by Moscow................http://www.bbc.com/news/world-europe-27250026
2/5/14
Third helicopter downed over east Ukraine’s Sloviansk, crew’s fate unclear...
ReplyDeleteA third Ukrainian helicopter Mil Mi-24 was downed at a checkpoint in the east Ukrainian city of Sloviansk that resulted in a literal explosion of the chopper, the fate of its crew is unclear, TV news channel Rossiya-24 reported on Friday.
The city defenders have earlier hit two Ukrainian helicopters, crew’s fate unclear, “One helicopter is Mil Mi-24 and the second one is most likely Mi-8; one pilot was killed and another one was taken to hospital,” a representative of Sloviansk police told ITAR-TASS earlier in the day............http://en.itar-tass.com/world/730217
2/5/14
Ukraine ups Slavyansk toll to 2 helicopters downed, 2 servicemen killed...
ReplyDeleteUkraine's defence ministry on Thursday raised the toll during an assault on the rebel-held town of Slavyansk to two of its helicopters shot down and two servicemen killed.
Authorities say the pro-Russian insurgents used shoulder-launched rockets to bring down the two Mi-24 helicopters. Earlier, the interior minister said one of those killed was a helicopter pilot.......................http://www.hurriyetdailynews.com/ukraine-ups-slavyansk-toll-to-2-helicopters-downed-2-servicemen-killed.aspx?pageID=238&nID=65867&NewsCatID=353
2/5/14