Kiev military op: Ukrainian army tanks, APCs, troops attack Slavyansk — RT News

Kiev military op: Ukrainian army tanks, APCs, troops attack Slavyansk — RT News:

 Fighting has erupted just outside Slavyansk, a town in east Ukraine where population voiced their protest against Kiev authorities. Ukrainian troops on tanks and armored vehicles are trying to break into the town.

According to Ukrainian Interior ministry, at least five self-defense guards have been killed and one policeman injured after the ‘antiterrorist operation’ launched by Kiev in the city. Three checkpoints erected by the anti-government protesters have also been destroyed.

Witnesses report on Twitter Slavyansk self-defense forces are now burning tires to hamper the entrance of infantry vehicles from Kiev into the city.

Ukraine army attack have just driven off at high speed pic.twitter.com/pHyPzc4WhQ

— GrahamWPhillips (@GrahamWP_UK) April 24, 2014

According to the latest reports, self-defense forces have repelled the attack of the Kiev gunmen at the key checkpoint 3 km north of Slavyansk. At least three infantry vehicles had to retreat, reports Rossiya 24.

 

Ukrainian
special forces take position in the eastern Ukrainian city of Slavyansk
on April 24, 2014 (AFP Photo / Kirill Kudryavtsev)