Ukraine has pulled its reserve troops closer to the area of the military operation in its south-eastern regions, the press service of the Ukrainian head of state quoted President Petro Poroshenko as saying at a meeting with the military command.
“We have agreed our actions, reserves have been pulled,” Poroshenko said. “If the enemy doesn’t want to observe the ceasefire regime, we will give them a smack in the teeth.”
He met with the military command to work out a plan of “further steps to counteract terrorists,” the press service said.
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Ukraine's forces hold line against Russian troops, rebels: Poroshenko ...
ReplyDelete(Reuters) - Ukrainian President Petro Poroshenko said on Thursday his troops were holding the line against separatists and Russian forces after a sharp increase in attacks and the withdrawal of government defenders from Donetsk airport.
Poroshenko, who told the World Economic Forum on Wednesday that Russia had 9,000 troops inside Ukraine, met defense chiefs to work on a plan to "regroup and stop aggression".
"Across all front lines we are firmly holding our positions," he told the meeting, at which he reported that enemy attacks were 10 times more intensive than before.
Earlier on Thursday at least eight civilians were killed when a trolleybus was hit by an artillery shell or mortar at a public transport stop in the southern district of Donetsk, which is largely controlled by separatists..................http://www.reuters.com/article/2015/01/22/us-ukraine-crisis-casualties-idUSKBN0KV0LL20150122?feedType=RSS&feedName=worldNews
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