Right Sector denies involvement in Slavyansk violence: http://t.co/Bz0cFWS8Sx
— Mark MacKinnon (@markmackinnon) April 20, 2014
Deadly shootout overnight in #Slovyansk breaks uneasy truce on Easter http://t.co/QjGZgu0uJ8 @KyivPost #Ukraine pic.twitter.com/SLH49rqAq3
— Christopher Miller (@ChristopherJM) April 20, 2014
The attack happened at 2 a.m. local time when several vehicles approached a checkpoint and occupants of the vehicles reportedly opened fire on a pro-Russian group manning road stop.
Casualty figures vary with Ukrainian authorities claiming one person was killed and three injured in an exchange of fire.
Russia's Rossia 24 television channel said five people were killed; three people manning the checkpoint and two of the attackers.
Russia's Foreign Ministry blamed the attack on members of Ukraine's ultranationalist "Right Sector," a group Moscow has often blamed for unrest in Ukraine.
so, apparently Right Sector haring around the countryside with Dmytro Yarosh's business cards, a fistfull of USD, and a museum piece MG-42.
— Roland Oliphant (@RolandOliphant) April 20, 2014
Russia MFA "outraged" by Slavyansk shooting, says Kiev not implementing Geneva deal: http://t.co/Hdu8FL7K2u
— Mark MacKinnon (@markmackinnon) April 20, 2014
Chefarzt von Krankenhaus in Slawiansk sagt uns: "Ein Toter, zwei Verletzte bei Schießerei gestern Nacht!" #ukraine @BILD
— Paul Ronzheimer (@ronzheimer) April 20, 2014
On a very different note, this electronica/anime remix of Crimea prosecutor-general Natalia Poklonskaya is fantastic: http://t.co/YdXfCs4Kdk
— Mark MacKinnon (@markmackinnon) April 20, 2014
Христос воскрес! У це свято хочу всіх запевнити: якщо будемо єдині, будемо разом, то темрява щезне, а світло переможе. І Україна воскресне.
— Arseniy Yatsenyuk (@Yatsenyuk_AP) April 20, 2014
Schietpartij bij een van de check-points in Slavjansk vannacht, vier doden. Einde paasakkoord. pic.twitter.com/E3TTZNNe73
— Olaf Koens (@obk) April 20, 2014
Here filming for @RT_com holding bullets - they are all over the ground here, along with bloodstains. #Sloviansk pic.twitter.com/bhaUDaRo7K
— GrahamWPhillips (@GrahamWP_UK) April 20, 2014