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Unknown Gunmen Land From Helicopter, Attack Checkpoint In Donetsk Region

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– Unknown gunmen land from helicopter, attack checkpoint in Donetsk region (RT, April 26, 2014):

Self-defence forces have managed to repel an attack on a checkpoint in Soledar city in eastern Ukraine’s Donetsk region after unknown assailants landed in a helicopter and attacked in a blitz operation.

Over a dozen of gunmen descended from the helicopter and launched an attack on a defense squad guarding a checkpoint near Soledar. As the unknown men attacked, the militia, most of them reportedly unarmed, was forced to retreat.

Following the shootout, the attackers have retreated as well, taking one of the defenders hostage, the local self-defense force told RT’s correspondent Paula Slier who is at the scene.

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20 Kiev Spies Detained In Ukraine’s Slavyansk By Self-Defense Forces

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– 20 Kiev spies detained in Ukraine’s Slavyansk by self-defense forces (Voice of Russia, April 21, 2014):

Self-defense forces in Slavyansk, eastern Ukraine, have detained about 20 people suspected of spying for Kiev, Vladimir Ponomaryov, the people’s mayor of Slavyansk, told a Vzglyad newspaper correspondent.

“We are searching for infiltrators and spies. Three were caught yesterday. Over a dozen have been caught already – around 20,” Ponomaryov said. He gave no further details.

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Ukraine Launches Military Operation Against Separatists – Russian PM Medvedev Says Country ‘Anticipating Civil War’

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– Ukraine Launches Military Operation Against Separatists, Russian PM Says Country “Anticipating Civil War” (ZeroHedge, April 15, 2014):

Following last night’s protest in front of the Kiev parliament by Maidan faithful and others who had gotten sick and tired by their government doing absolutely nothing to preserve the cohesion of the Ukraine – both west and east – this morning acting president Turchynov, realizing he is between a rock and a hard place and suddenly his position is quite precarious, finally announced that he had issued an order to the country’s military to begin operations to retake government buildings seized by pro-Russia separatists in eastern areas.  Oleksandr Turchynov, also the parliament speaker, said the deployment had begun in the Donetsk region, where many of the approximately 10 towns affected by the protests are located.

Ukraine tank

FT reports:

“Overnight, an antiterrorist operation began in the north of Donetsk,” Mr Turchynov said in parliament, one day after his deadline for the demonstrators to surrender passed. “But it will be phased, responsible and balanced. The purpose of the actions, I stress once again, is to protect the citizens of Ukraine.”

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People Of Donetsk Stop A Ukraine Tank (Video)

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April 14, 2013 – In the People’s Republic of Donetsk locals stop tanks from moving on towards Slavyansk.

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Kiev Launches Military Operation In Eastern Ukraine

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Anti-government armed men stand guard as pro-Russian supporters gather outside the mayors office in Slaviansk April 14, 2014
Anti-government armed men stand guard as pro-Russian supporters gather outside the mayor’s office in Slaviansk April 14, 2014. (Reuters / Gleb Garanich)

– Kiev launches military operation in eastern Ukraine (RT, April 15, 2015):

Ukraine’s coup-appointed acting President Aleksandr Turchinov has announced a crackdown on anti-government protesters in the north of the Donetsk Region, eastern Ukraine.

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“The anti-terrorist operation started overnight Monday,” said Turchinov. “The aim of these actions is to protect the citizens of Ukraine.”

According to Turchinov, this ‘anti-terrorist operation’ also aims to prevent “attempts to break Ukraine apart.”

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Ukraine Launches ‘Anti-Terror’ Operation Against Pro-Russian Forces

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– Ukraine launches anti-terror operation against pro-Russian forces (FOX News, April 15, 2014):

Ukraine’s acting president said Tuesday that a military operation to quash a pro-Russian insurgency has started in eastern Ukraine after more than a week of seizures of government building in the latest standoff to grip the country.

Oleksandr Turchynov said the “anti-terrorist” operation began in the early morning hours in the northern Donetsk region, where the majority of the pro-Russian forces are located, The Wall Street Journal reported.

“Overnight, an antiterrorist operation began in the north of Donetsk. But it will be phased, responsible and balanced. The purpose of the actions, I stress once again, is to protect the citizens of Ukraine,” Turchynov told Ukraine’s parliament, according to Interfax.

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Ukraine’s Interim Leader Announces Start of Operation Against Protesters in Donetsk Region

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Military vehicles of the Ukrainian Army near Donetsk
Military vehicles of the Ukrainian Army near Donetsk (Archive)

– Ukraine’s Interim Leader Announces Start of Operation Against Protesters in Donetsk Region (RIA Novosti April 15, 2014):

KIEV, April 15 (RIA Novosti) – Ukraine’s parliamentary speaker and interim President Olexander Turchynov has announced the start of a military operation in the north of Donetsk Region, where demonstrations by pro-federalization protesters are ongoing.

“It will be conducted gradually, in a responsible and balanced [manner]. The main goal is the protection of people,” Turchynov said, commenting on the operation during a session of parliament on Tuesday.

On Monday, Turchynov announced that the National Security and Defense Council had made a decision to start the security operation in eastern Ukraine, involving the armed forces, in a bid to avoid the Crimean scenario in the region.

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Donetsk Creates ‘People’s Army’

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– Donetsk Creates “People’s Army” (ZeroHedge, April 10, 2014):

With tensions rising ever faster in eastern Ukraine, the anti-government (pro-Russia) movement in Donetsk has taken dramatic steps to bolster itself by creating a “people’s army,” or National Army of Donetsk. As RT reports, masked men, who are mostly civil volunteers, but also police and army defectors, say they “defend their motherland from the fascist army that’s going to kill them.” They also demand “a referendum to be independent from Kiev” and are in favor of “being with Russia.”

The Ukraine forces are moving in on Donetsk…

 

And now the people are organizing…

 

The importance of this move is the pro-Russian local forces are now organized to repel any Ukraine (government) attempts to re-take government buildings – and conjures ugly memories of the hell that Kiev suffered for multiple weeks.

As Dontesk protesters prepare…

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