MARIUPOL, Ukraine — As Ukraine's president and other world leaders talk about a cease-fire deal, fighting is closer than ever to the major eastern city of Mariupol. Ukrainian forces and eyewitnesses said that there was a battle in a town just 15 miles away on Thursday.
Border guards at a checkpoint leaving Mariupol going eastwards toward Shyrokine said Ukraine had lost the town to the “Russians.” One local said fighting started at noon; black smoke could be seen rising from the area. Ukrainian military spokesman Andriy Lysenko also confirmed there was a tank attack on the town.
Smoke from Shyrokine near #Mariupol. Woman who fled there said fighting began at 11am http://ift.tt/1qryYQ6
— Kristina Jovanovski (@kjovano) September 4, 2014 Read more...
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