“They must be warned that if they do not lay down their arms, they will be destroyed,” General Vasily Krutov, first deputy head of the Ukrainian Security Service (SBU) told reporters, as cited by AFP.
Krutov, recently appointed chief of the SBU’s Anti-Terrorist Center, added that activists were being supported by hundreds of soldiers from the Russian army's Main Intelligence Directorate (GRU).
The Kremlin said the allegations about Russia’s military presence in eastern Ukraine are “absurd.”
- "These are absurd statements. There are no Russian troops there. The president and the foreign minister have spoken about it,” said Vladimir Putin’s press secretary, Dmitry Peskov on Tuesday.
- "We can only be startled by the fact that all these statements made by the Russian side are deliberately chosen not to be heard (by the West)," he added.
- According to activists, four people were killed and two others injured on Tuesday as troops seized an airfield in the city of Kramatorsk, which had earlier been controlled by protesters.
Acting President Aleksandr Turchinov confirmed that Ukrainian special forces regained control over the facility.
- Conflicting reports say that Ukrainian military – supported by armored vehicles and helicopters – have also entered the city of Slavyansk.
[rt.com]
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The UN chief has called on all sides in the Ukrainian crisis to make every possible effort to defuse the tension in the country.....
ReplyDelete“The UN General Secretary is extremely concerned about the situation in eastern Ukraine. He called on the parties to do everything possible to defuse the tension and avoid further violence,” said a UN representative in a statement. ......http://rt.com/news/eastern-ukraine-army-operation-680/
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Russian President Vladimir Putin urged the UN and the international community to condemn Kiev’s “unconstitutional” actions in eastern Ukraine, the Kremlin’s press-service said in a statement.....
ReplyDelete“Vladimir Putin stressed that the Russian side is expecting the UN and the international community to condemn Kiev’s unconstitutional actions [in eastern Ukraine],” the statement read.
Putin spoke on the phone with UN Chief Ban Ki-Moon and discussed the escalating tensions in Ukraine prompted by Kiev’s security operation. .............http://rt.com/news/eastern-ukraine-army-operation-680/
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The first deputy head of the Security Service of Ukraine, Vasyl Krutov is personally supervising the actions of Ukrainian security officials at the airport in Kramatorsk, which on Tuesday was recaptured by the Ukrainian troops from the supporters of federalization, reports RIA Novosti......
ReplyDelete64-year-old Krutov, who was recently appointed as the first deputy head of the SSU, is in charge of the military operation, he subordinates all units of SSU.
In the evening Krutov came to talk to the local residents on the airfield. He tried to explain to them that the military arrived to protect them from "terrorists", but was met with shouts: "Only civilians are here.”
Once he was pushed several times, commandos surrounded him, pushing protesters, who fired several shots into the air.
Read more: http://voiceofrussia.com/news/2014_04_15/Head-of-Security-Service-of-Ukraine-personally-supervising-actions-security-officials-in-Kramatorsk-6564/
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Le Conseil de l'Europe est préoccupé par les informations en provenance de la ville ukrainienne de Kramatorsk où une attaque de l'armée régulière contre l'aérodrome local a fait des morts et des blessés, a annoncé mardi le porte-parole du secrétaire général du Conseil de l'Europe Daniel Höltgen......
ReplyDeleteSelon M.Höltgen, le Conseil de l'Europe est très préoccupé et appelle les parties à éviter des actes de violence et des actions susceptibles de provoquer l'escalade des tensions.
Il a rappelé que le secrétaire général du Conseil de l'Europe Thorbjorn Jagland avait déjà exhorté les deux parties « à éviter des violences et à lancer un dialogue politique ».
Lire la suite: http://french.ruvr.ru/news/2014_04_15/Ukraine-Kramatorsk-le-Conseil-de-lEurope-preoccupe-2288/
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