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Monday, June 2, 2014

Ukraine : Border guards' centre is attacked..[ 4395 ]


Ukraine crisis: Border guards' centre is attacked

BBC., 2 June 2014 Last updated at 14:34 GMT

Hundreds of separatists in eastern Ukraine are continuing their assault on a border command centre near the city of Luhansk, the border agency says.
It says five militants were killed and eight wounded when the centre came under sustained attack. Seven border guards are said to have been wounded.
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A Ukrainian military aircraft was called in to support the centre.
In Luhansk, there was an explosion in the main regional building seized by the separatists several weeks ago.
It was not immediately known what caused the blast. Unconfirmed reports say there were casualties.
Meanwhile, Russia's Gazprom has given Ukraine more time to settle its gas bill after receiving a part payment.
The energy company had previously threatened to halt shipments of gas unless Ukraine paid its bill in full and agreed in future to pay in advance.

Pro-Russian gunmen fire at Ukrainian border guards in the Luhansk region. Photo: 2 June 2014
As many as 500 pro-Russian gunmen are believed to be taking part in the assault in the Luhansk region
 

Ukrainian soldiers prepare their weapons at a position in Sloviansk, Ukraine (31 May 2014)
The Ukrainian army is confronting separatists in the east in what it describes as an "anti-terror" operation
 

A man carries his son as he leaves his apartment during fighting in Luhansk. Photo: 2 June 2014
Terrified residents have been fleeing the area, as the situation is rapidly deteriorating

In a separate development, Russia was considering pulling out of the partnership agreement with Nato, Moscow's envoy to the alliance Aleksandr Grushko was quoted as saying by Russia's Interfax news agency.
He also warned that Russia could take "measures of a military character" should there be major deployments in eastern and central Europe.
Poroshenko's pledge A spokesman for Ukraine's border agency, Oleh Slobodyan, said on Monday morning that hundreds of militants had attacked the border centre with heavy weapons.
The agency says fighting is continuing and that the attackers are firing from residential buildings, which makes it difficult for Ukrainian troops to respond.
The attackers - reported by the AP news agency to be wearing uniforms - have promised safety for Ukrainian officers if they surrender and put down their arms.
Correspondents say they have become more and more aggressive in their assaults on government-held positions as they try to obtain weapons and ammunition from Ukrainian forces.
For weeks, Russian-speaking eastern Ukraine has been the scene of deadly clashes between government troops and pro-Russian insurgents who have taken over key buildings across the region.
Ukrainian President-elect Petro Poroshenko has said that his priority is to bring fighting in the east of the country to an end.
"We must make every effort to make sure that no more Ukrainians die at the hands of terrorists and bandits," he said on Friday.
The conflict has intensified in recent days. The rebels say they lost up to 100 fighters when they unsuccessfully tried to seize Donetsk's international airport on 26 May.
Pro-Russian separatists in the regions of Donetsk and Luhansk declared independence after referendums on 11 May, which were not recognised by Kiev or its Western allies.
The rebels took their cue from a disputed referendum in Crimea, which led to Russia's annexation of Ukraine's southern peninsula.


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