The village of Novoaydar in the Lugansk region is being attacked by Ukrainian troops, according to the local self-defense leader.via Washington Post...
“Around 15 APCs have come near Novoaydar,” Aleksey Chmilenko said. “Our self-defense guards are trying to stop the attack and prevent the vehicles moving farther in the direction of Lugansk.”
Meanwhile, representatives of another Lugansk region self-defense group, based in Krasny Luch, told RT that they have seen APCs in the region, but have not heard any fighting yet.
Novoaydar election commission is reportedly being evacuated by self-defense activists, after it was attacked by National Guard troops.
Earlier in the day, shooting and artillery fire was heard on the outskirts of Slavyansk, in southeast Ukraine’s Donetsk region, RIA Novosti reported, citing its correspondent in the area.
Drunken mobs roamed the otherwise deserted center of this eastern port city Saturday a day after clashes between pro-Russian militants and Ukrainian security forces left at least seven people dead and the region as a whole continued to seethe on the eve of referendum to secede.This is the type of social collapse that many see coming to the United States.
A deadly firefight Friday broke the calm of a patriotic holiday and heightened tensions ahead of Sunday’s hastily organized plebiscite to break with the interim government in Kiev. Late Friday, a group of unidentified assailants attacked and briefly detained several Red Cross volunteers, including a French citizen, at an office in Donetsk
Remember that this all started over matters of the Ukrainian economy...some wanted to move closer to the EU but the price to be paid was going to be severe.
It is obvious to all but the most strident globalization disciples that the current system has failed. Ukraine is simply the latest victim of a system gone wild.
