13:02
20.4.2014
Masked pro-Russian activist describing today's shooting incident at a makeshift checkpoint manned by pro-Russian separatists near Slovyansk:
"People jumped out of Jeeps and started shooting at us. They threw stun grenades. Our people started running in various directions as somebody shouted 'Down!'. A sniper was shooting those who tried to run into the village. The first who ran was killed by a sniper right away, then there was a second dead. There was another man who wouldn't get up, he was just lying there."
13:00
20.4.2014
Self-proclaimed Slovyansk mayor Vyacheslav Ponomaryov speaking to Reuters in reaction to today's shoot-out:
"Until today these there have only been clashes with minimal losses, but from now on no one can expect mercy from us."
12:50
20.4.2014
11:58
20.4.2014
Right Sector denies involvement in Slavyansk violence: http://t.co/Bz0cFWS8Sx
— Mark MacKinnon (@markmackinnon) April 20, 2014
11:50
20.4.2014
Deadly shootout overnight in #Slovyansk breaks uneasy truce on Easter http://t.co/QjGZgu0uJ8 @KyivPost #Ukraine pic.twitter.com/SLH49rqAq3
— Christopher Miller (@ChristopherJM) April 20, 2014
11:42
20.4.2014
Our news desk has an update on the Slovyansk fire fight. It appears that the details are not as clear-cut as first reported:
Russia's Foreign Ministry says it is "outraged" over a deadly early morning shooting in eastern Ukraine.
The ministry said the attack early this morning on a checkpoint near the eastern Ukrainian town of Slovyansk violated an Easter truce called by Ukrainian authorities and showed that Kyiv does not wish to disarm "nationalists and extremists."
The attack happened at 2 a.m. local time when several vehicles approached a checkpoint and occupants of the vehicles reportedly opened fire on a pro-Russian group manning road stop.
Casualty figures vary with Ukrainian authorities claiming one person was killed and three injured in an exchange of fire.
Russia's Rossia 24 television channel said five people were killed; three people manning the checkpoint and two of the attackers.
Russia's Foreign Ministry blamed the attack on members of Ukraine's ultranationalist "Right Sector," a group Moscow has often blamed for unrest in Ukraine.
The attack happened at 2 a.m. local time when several vehicles approached a checkpoint and occupants of the vehicles reportedly opened fire on a pro-Russian group manning road stop.
Casualty figures vary with Ukrainian authorities claiming one person was killed and three injured in an exchange of fire.
Russia's Rossia 24 television channel said five people were killed; three people manning the checkpoint and two of the attackers.
Russia's Foreign Ministry blamed the attack on members of Ukraine's ultranationalist "Right Sector," a group Moscow has often blamed for unrest in Ukraine.
11:21
20.4.2014
so, apparently Right Sector haring around the countryside with Dmytro Yarosh's business cards, a fistfull of USD, and a museum piece MG-42.
— Roland Oliphant (@RolandOliphant) April 20, 2014
11:10
20.4.2014
Russia MFA "outraged" by Slavyansk shooting, says Kiev not implementing Geneva deal: http://t.co/Hdu8FL7K2u
— Mark MacKinnon (@markmackinnon) April 20, 2014
11:09
20.4.2014
Chefarzt von Krankenhaus in Slawiansk sagt uns: "Ein Toter, zwei Verletzte bei Schießerei gestern Nacht!" #ukraine @BILD
— Paul Ronzheimer (@ronzheimer) April 20, 2014
10:57
20.4.2014
On a very different note, this electronica/anime remix of Crimea prosecutor-general Natalia Poklonskaya is fantastic: http://t.co/YdXfCs4Kdk
— Mark MacKinnon (@markmackinnon) April 20, 2014