After almost 3 months of resistance ,the self-defense fighters today left slavyansk.
Donetsk militia confirm leaving stronghold city of Slavyansk - media
Published time: July 05, 2014 08:35
Edited time: July 05, 2014 09:53
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A hand out picture taken on June 3, 2014 and released by the Prime Minister Press Service displays an APC of the Ukrainian forces moving some 20 km from the eastern Ukrainian city of Slavyansk. (AFP Photo)
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The self-defense forces of the Donetsk People’s Republic have left Slavyansk, which is surrounded by the Kiev military, Russian media reported, citing the republic's headquarters.
“The Ukrainian military is in control of Slavyansk,” Channel One reported citing the headquarters of the Donetsk People's Republic.
“Early in the morning, the self-defense fighters were forced to leave the city.”
According to Channel One’s information
“there was massive shelling” and then armored vehicles entered Slavyansk and street fighting began. That’s when the self-defense forces took the decision to leave the city, the channel said.
“Despite the massive shooting, the fighters stormed out of the city and headed for neighboring Kramatorsk. Part of their hardware was shot down in the process,” the channel said.
Rossiya 24 channel also reported that self-defense forces had quit Slavyansk, and moved their HQ to Kramatorsk.
After the militia were forced to leave their positions in the northern part of the front, they moved to reserve positions that had been prepared in advance, Itar-Tass news agency reported, citing Prime Minister of the Donetsk People’s Republic, Aleksandr Boroday, as saying.
“Our troops have consolidated at the reserve lines of defense, in an organized way and having kept their weaponry. We were prepared for this option, as we have to face tens of thousands of Kiev's military men and hundreds of armored weaponry units – which means almost all the battle-ready Ukrainian army,”Boroday said.
"Taking into account the ‘scorched earth’ tactics employed by Kiev's punitive forces, and the strategy of genocide toward the Donbass population, we declare that every hour of military action claims civilians’ lives,” Boroday said.
In connection with this, he appealed to the international community, calling on them to
“influence the Ukrainian authorities and stop the killings of civilians.”
Meanwhile, Ukrainian President Petro Poroshenko has ordered the military to raise the Ukrainian flag over Slavyansk, his press service said.
“The head of General Headquarters Viktor Muzhenko has reported to Ukraine’s president, Petro Poroshenko, about the fact that overnight, while the self-defense groups were trying to escape Slavyansk they came under mortar fire from the Ukrainian military. As a result, one armored vehicle, two infantry fighting vehicles and two airborne combat vehicles belonging to the [self-defense] fighters have been shot down,”the press service also said.
It has been reported that the intelligence forces of the National Guard and the armed forces of Ukraine are currently operating in Slavyansk.
In the neighboring Lugansk region
“the self-defense forces are currently at their positions, repelling military attacks and at the same time trying to help civilians who are caught in the fighting," Channel One reported.
Donetsk militia confirm leaving stronghold city of Slavyansk - media — RT News
Good luck to East Ukrainian people. Putin has been pressured by the Russian industrial lobby against intervention as the sanctions will cripple Russian companies. You could see that the south stream deal was signed when Russia repealed the military intervention act.
Now, junta forces will retool and reactivate their equipments that were in scrapyards. Already large number of Uragans and Smerchs are being fired from Karachaun.
Putin has proven himself to be a coward . Next 6 months ,Neo-nazi junta will storm and take Crimea from the Russian forces. The buildup is huge and Glazyev confirmed it.
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