Pro-Russian rebel says 30-35 separatists dead in fighting in east Ukraine

DONETSK, Ukraine - A pro-Russian rebel said on Tuesday he believed about 30 to 35 separatists had been killed so far in nearly 24 hours of fighting with Ukrainian forces in Ukraine's eastern city of Donetsk.

The rebel, who was in his 30s and gave no name, spoke to Reuters as he and about a dozen comrades drove off from a morgue near the center of Donetsk, where the separatists have been battling Ukrainian forces after seizing the city's international airport on Monday.


It was the first indication of a death toll on either side in the latest bout of violence, which erupted a day after Ukrainians voted for a new president in an election which the separatists managed to block in much of the Donetsk region.
[jpost.com] 
27/5/14
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• Forty said dead in Donetsk fighting, most of them rebels ...

DONETSK (Ukraine) — Forty people have been killed in the past day of fighting between Ukrainian forces and pro-Russian rebels in the eastern city of Donetsk, the mayor said on Tuesday, while a rebel put his side's losses at at least 29.

Mayor Alexander Lukyanchenko told reporters that the bodies had been counted of 38 of those involved in fighting around the airport. It was unclear how many were rebels, he said, adding that two civilians had also died.

Dima Gau, a separatist fighter, told Reuters: "We have 29 or 30 dead on our side, but that is not the final count yet."  REUTERS
[todayonline.com]
27/5/14
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