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Tango01 | 19 May 2015 9:37 p.m. PST |
… four Ukrainian soldiers killed: regional chief. "Fighting erupted between Ukrainian government forces and Russian-backed separatists in eastern Ukraine on Tuesday and four Ukrainian servicemen have been killed, the regional administration chief said. Gennady Moskal, governor of Luhansk region on the border with Russia, said on his website that separatists opened fire on government positions with mortar and artillery near the village of Katerinovka. "According to preliminary data, four Ukrainian servicemen have been killed and two others have been wounded, one of them seriously," Moskal said…" Full article here link YouTube link Amicalement Armand |
GeoffQRF | 22 May 2015 1:38 a.m. PST |
Think this map gives a fairly good indication of the ongoing push by separatist force:
Latest update from the OSCE: osce.org/ukraine-smm/159296 Significantly, the Special Monitoring Mission has visited two individuals currently held at the military hospital in Kyiv. "The SMM spoke to the two individuals without the presence of Ukrainian authorities. The SMM assessed their general condition and gathered their accounts about their capture. One of them said he had received military education in the Russian Federation. Both individuals claimed that they were members of a unit of the Armed Forces of the Russian Federation. They claimed that they were on a reconnaissance mission. They were armed but had no orders to attack. Both of them said that they came under fire, got injured and were captured on 16 May 2015 at the contact line near Shchastya. One of them said he had received orders from his military unit to go to Ukraine; he was to "rotate" after three months. Both of them said they had been to Ukraine "on missions" before. One of them stressed repeatedly that there were no Russian troops involved in fighting in Ukraine. Both said they were provided with a Ukrainian lawyer who visited them today." |
David in Coffs | 22 May 2015 4:51 a.m. PST |
Oh well that's OK then, they were in Ukraine, armed, on reconnaissance mission, not because Russia was sending troops into another nation to destabilise it, but to ensure that Ukraine & NATO wasn't preparing to invade Russia. Obvious when you think about it….. |
GeoffQRF | 22 May 2015 5:51 a.m. PST |
Just looking, not fighting… same as last time. and the time before. |
GeoffQRF | 22 May 2015 7:52 a.m. PST |
"Russia said it was taking all necessary steps to free two of its citizens recently captured in Ukraine" Slightly concerning. In western/American terms that could well involve a special forces insertion team. |
David in Coffs | 22 May 2015 6:00 p.m. PST |
In Russian terms it is an OMG |
David in Coffs | 22 May 2015 6:05 p.m. PST |
And installing a compliant government again |
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