Pro-Russia Separatists Shoot Down Helicopters; Ukraine Crisis Deepens

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IZYUM, Ukraine - Gunfire erupted in Ukraine on Friday as military and Interior forces launched a “large-scale operation” before dawn near the edges of rebel-besieged Sloviansk and Kramatorsk in the country’s embattled eastern region to force separatists to free hostages, lay down weapons and free seized government buildings, authorities said.



Two Ukrainian helicopters were shot down by pro-Kremlin rebels and their pilots were killed, the country’s Defense Ministry said. Vyacheslav Ponomaryov, the insurgent-appointed "people's mayor" of Sloviansk, was quoted by Russia's Interfax news agency also as saying two helicopters had been shot down Read more...

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