Ukrainian troops fight to quell the uprising in Slaviansk

Several checkpoints of pro-Russian militias in Slaviansk city in southeastern Ukraine, have been shot on Thursday, as reported Misroslav Rudenko, one of the leaders of the ” SDF ” Donbass coal basinl from Donetsk. At least five people have died in the clashes, according to the Ukrainian Ministry of Interior. Russian President Vladimir Putin has warned there will be “consequences ” and Kiev would be committing a serious crime against its people, if it is confirmed that the Ukrainian government has used the army against its own people in the east.

According to the Russian TV channel Rossiya 24, Ukrainian troops are advancing slowly towards Slaviansk, protected by armored units. Slaviansk, with about 120,000 inhabitants, is the stronghold of the pro-Russian uprising against the central government in Kiev that erupted nearly three weeks ago in the southeastern regions of Ukraine with majority of population speaking speaking.

Dozens of soldiers loyal to Kiev Ukrainian disparate wearing uniforms, set up defenses with sandbags around at least six light armored vehicles BMD and placed a tent near a town called Malinivka, about 12 miles south of Slaviansk, on the main road to the regional capital, Donetsk, reports Reuters. Soon after, the Ukrainian troops left their defensive positions, which pro-Russian forces resumed.

The so-called People’s Republic of Donetsk (RTD) today declared a general mobilization of all activists to “the extermination operation ” launched by the provisional authorities of Kiev, which pro-Russian separatists and federalists do not recognize.

Also this morning, in Marioupol in southern Ukraine, a group of people dressed in civilian clothes entered the local council and cornered those inside. After staying there for a while, they left the council building.

Putin reacted to the movement of troops in the east. ” The operation will certainly punitive consequences for the people who have made that decision, and also to the relations between the two states,” Putin said. The Russian president also acknowledged that the international sanctions are causing damage to the country’s economy, but the damage is not sever in nature.

The Ukrainian government announced yesterday to resume the ” anti-terrorist operation ” against illegal armed formations in the southeast of the country. The decision was made by the Acting President of Ukraine Olexandr Turchinov, after finding in Slaviansk corpse of Vladimir Ribak, deputy municipal assembly gorlovka, who belonged to the party Batkivschina (Fatherland), the increased formation of the coalition government in Kiev.

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