13:19
9.5.2014
More on today's grisly shooting in Luhansk oblast.
The press service of the Luhansk region's Interior Ministry says a husband and wife driving in separate vehicles were shot dead when they refused to stop at a separatist checkpoint located 10-15 kilometers from the Dolzhanskiy border crossing with Russia.
The body of the man, a 37- or 38-year old resident of the nearly city of Anthracite, was found lying outside a black Toyota Cruiser, which he had apparently been driving.
His wife, who was 41 or 42, was found dead inside her car, a red Toyota Cruiser.
Both automobiles were riddled with automatic weapon fire.
The couple's 10-year-old daughter, who was injured in the attack, is receiving treatment at a hospital in Sverdlovsk.
The attack comes a day after a group of 40 armed men attempted to seize the Izvarino border crossing, also in Luhansk oblast.
The press service of the Luhansk region's Interior Ministry says a husband and wife driving in separate vehicles were shot dead when they refused to stop at a separatist checkpoint located 10-15 kilometers from the Dolzhanskiy border crossing with Russia.
The body of the man, a 37- or 38-year old resident of the nearly city of Anthracite, was found lying outside a black Toyota Cruiser, which he had apparently been driving.
His wife, who was 41 or 42, was found dead inside her car, a red Toyota Cruiser.
Both automobiles were riddled with automatic weapon fire.
The couple's 10-year-old daughter, who was injured in the attack, is receiving treatment at a hospital in Sverdlovsk.
The attack comes a day after a group of 40 armed men attempted to seize the Izvarino border crossing, also in Luhansk oblast.
13:19
9.5.2014
Ukraine's Interior Minister says about 20 "terrorists" killed in fighting in Mariupol.
12:46
9.5.2014
Ukraine's Foreign Ministry has condemned Putin's visit to Crimea, saying it constitutes a violation of Ukraine's sovereignty and represented a "deliberate escalation" of the crisis.
12:32
9.5.2014
Putin said Russia is stronger today than ever.
12:31
9.5.2014
Putin praised the return of Crimea and Sevastopol "to the fold of the motherland."
12:31
9.5.2014
Putin has come ashore in the Crimean port of Sevastopol, where Russia's Black Sea Fleet is based, after reviewing forces in the "hero's city." He gave a brief address by thanking those who helped return the peninsula to Russia and congratulating Crimea and its people, saying there is still "much to do."
12:13
9.5.2014
Disturbing burst of violence in Luhansk,husband & wife killed,10 year old daughter in hospital http://t.co/zCmb0pJggB pic.twitter.com/YIBtHjJ4wY
— Ryskeldi Satke (@RyskeldiSatke) May 9, 2014
12:12
9.5.2014
#Crimea=Sudetendland RT @olacicho: I came. I saw. I conquered pic.twitter.com/ciUrg3kFvX
— Maxim Eristavi (@MaximEristavi) May 9, 2014
11:56
9.5.2014
And obviously no Ukrainian forces, who traditionally marched alongside Russians here. In their place: Night Wolves and the "Self Defence."
— Roland Oliphant (@RolandOliphant) May 9, 2014
11:55
9.5.2014
Only Ukrainian flags at this year's victory parade in Sevastopol on the number plates of the nostalgia mobiles.
— Roland Oliphant (@RolandOliphant) May 9, 2014