While most of the Ukrainian military operations against eastern Ukraine had been focused on the Donetsk Oblast, today the big incidents were in the northeastern Luhansk Oblast, right along the border with Russia.
Ukraine’s border service reported a pre-dawn raid against one of their posts and an about 40 minutes gunbattle, leaving at least five rebel fighters dead and 8 border troops wounded.
Details are still scant, but the border guard claimed “at least 100” fighters moved against their base, on the southern outskirts of the city of Luhansk, the last major city before hitting the Russian border. Later reports upped that figure to “as many as 500.”
An explosion also tore through an area around a rebel-held building in Luhansk, attributed to an air strike by some reports. The military denied that, and is claiming the explosions were the result of failed missile launches by the rebels from the building. Several casualties, including civilians, were reported at the site, with many saying seven were killed.
Wow, eastern Ukraine is going to need humanitarian intervention. You know, by Russia…
Russia asked to open an humanitarian corridor for women and children.It does not interest USA and western countries.
There are videos of an SU-25 ground attack aircraft firing 6-7 air-ground rockets and 6-7 impacts on the ground starting in the trees in the park and ending with those near the building that killed the civilians, mostly women by the way. All hail the brave women-killing Kiev regime.
When I read the headline for this story, I thought that Russian and Ukrainian troops were fighting. Yet, once I read the brief account, no such thing had taken place.
Are those headlines written deliberately to mislead? They happen so often that I wonder. Please be more careful and honest in your headlines.
On the one hand, we know that English is not everyone's first language and try to write our headlines as clearly and simply as possible to accommodate those for whom English might be difficult.
On the other hand, there's not really much we can do to prevent your imagination from running wild, nor are we really responsible for the results when that happens.
The shift in targets signifies that the Ukrainian police are now perceived as a serious threat and also, that the city people are getting sick and fed up with everyday life being disrupted by rebels whom, everybody now knows, have no hope of winning.