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According to RIA-Novosti, self-declared mayor of Slovyansk Vyacheslav Ponomaryov has announced that eight "militia" members were killed and "five or six" wounded.
He did not specify from what date the statistics were taken.
"Ponomaryov announced casualty figures since conflict began in #Slovyansk: 20 killed, of which - 12 civilians. 24 civilians injured."
He did not specify from what date the statistics were taken.
"Ponomaryov announced casualty figures since conflict began in #Slovyansk: 20 killed, of which - 12 civilians. 24 civilians injured."
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Weird is right. Nadya_lev shares a Berlin billboard.
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From our newsroom:
Acting Ukrainian President Oleksandr Turchynov has dismissed the governor of Ukraine's Luhansk region, Mykhaylo Bolotskih.
Turchynov on May 10 replaced Bolotskih with Irina Veryhina, who was the first deputy chairman of the Luhansk region.
Bolotskih was appointed Luhansk governor on March 2.
Parts of the city of Luhansk have been under the control of pro-Russian separatists for weeks, and those breakaway groups are preparing an independence referendum for tomorrow.
Turchynov also said on May 10 he is prepared to hold talks with representatives from the separatist groups in eastern but not with people he described as "terrorists, whose goal is the annihilation of our country."
Turchynov specifically mentioned he would sit down for negotiations with representatives of the Donbass.
Turchynov on May 10 replaced Bolotskih with Irina Veryhina, who was the first deputy chairman of the Luhansk region.
Bolotskih was appointed Luhansk governor on March 2.
Parts of the city of Luhansk have been under the control of pro-Russian separatists for weeks, and those breakaway groups are preparing an independence referendum for tomorrow.
Turchynov also said on May 10 he is prepared to hold talks with representatives from the separatist groups in eastern but not with people he described as "terrorists, whose goal is the annihilation of our country."
Turchynov specifically mentioned he would sit down for negotiations with representatives of the Donbass.
14:59
10.5.2014
Self-styled "Donetsk People's Republic" election commissioner Roman Lyagin speaking today to Reuters in Donetsk:
"My task is to give every resident of our region the opportunity to vote, then to determine the final number and to inform mass media and the whole world community about it. How the people of Donbass will deal with the result -- I don't know, but I think the Crimean scenario is appropriate."
15:16
10.5.2014
NATO Deputy Secretary-General Alexander Vershbow has warned against attempts to bolster Moscow-backed rebels in eastern Moldova, with Kyiv scrambling to quell a separatist uprising in eastern Ukraine.
Speaking to RFE/RL Moldovan Service correspondent Liliana Barbarosie ahead of his visit to Moldova next week, Vershbow said Moldova was facing "increasing pressure" due to the crisis in Ukraine.
He called on Moscow to "respect Moldova's territorial integrity" and said the alliance would regard "very negatively" any attempt to bring Moldova's breakaway Transdniester region "closer to Russia."
Vershbow said he would discuss efforts to increase Moldova's military capacities during his visit to Chisinau.
Moldova is not a NATO member but joined the alliance's Partnership for Peace program in 1994.
The standoff in Ukraine, where government troops have been fighting rebels in the Russian-leaning east following Russia's annexation of Crimea, has sparked fears Transdniestr could be Moscow's next target.
NATO's supreme allied commander in Europe, U.S. Air Force General Philip Breedlove, warned in March that Russian troops massed on Ukraine's eastern border were well positioned to invade Transdniester.
Speaking to RFE/RL Moldovan Service correspondent Liliana Barbarosie ahead of his visit to Moldova next week, Vershbow said Moldova was facing "increasing pressure" due to the crisis in Ukraine.
He called on Moscow to "respect Moldova's territorial integrity" and said the alliance would regard "very negatively" any attempt to bring Moldova's breakaway Transdniester region "closer to Russia."
Vershbow said he would discuss efforts to increase Moldova's military capacities during his visit to Chisinau.
Moldova is not a NATO member but joined the alliance's Partnership for Peace program in 1994.
The standoff in Ukraine, where government troops have been fighting rebels in the Russian-leaning east following Russia's annexation of Crimea, has sparked fears Transdniestr could be Moscow's next target.
NATO's supreme allied commander in Europe, U.S. Air Force General Philip Breedlove, warned in March that Russian troops massed on Ukraine's eastern border were well positioned to invade Transdniester.