WaPo's take on my @CNNsotu interview http://t.co/xyE1viTapi
— Geoffrey Pyatt (@GeoffPyatt) April 20, 2014
#RightSector spox Artem Skoropadsky tells @5channel #Putin's propaganda leaves #Hitler behind, dismisses claims of involvement in #Slovyansk
— Myroslava Petsa (@myroslavapetsa) April 20, 2014
My colleagues in eastern #Ukraine say foreign journos blocked from entry to Sloviansk by aggressive pro-Russia militants on town outskirts.
— Douglas Herbert (@dougf24) April 20, 2014
Two US senators urge #Obama to impose tougher sanctions on #Russia now; #Ukraine http://t.co/cSQZXpTj5R
— KyivPost (@KyivPost) April 20, 2014
Thanks to @SenBobCorker and @ChrisMurphyCT for your strong focus on #Ukraine http://t.co/mg3Xck4Tsj
— Geoffrey Pyatt (@GeoffPyatt) April 20, 2014
Read the full interview here.
The mood certainly darker in #Slavyansk than couple of days ago. Western journalists now unwelcome; Russian TV, by contrast, free to report
— Luke Harding (@lukeharding1968) April 20, 2014
The Ukrainian Interior Ministry said at least three people were killed and three others injured in the shooting incident at a makeshift checkpoint outside Slovyansk early on April 20.
Russian state-run media reported that five people had died, including three pro-Russian activists.
The identity of the attackers was not immediately clear.
Russia's Foreign Ministry expressed "outrage" over the incident, saying it proved that Ukrainian authorities do not wish to disarm "nationalists and extremists."
Pro-Russian authorities in the region presented documents and other materials that they alleged showed that the Ukrainian far-right nationalist group Right Sector was responsible.
Right Sector denied any involvement and instead accused Russian special services.
The Ukrainian Security Service said no Ukrainian organization was involved. It denounced the incident as a “provocation” staged by outsiders.
Local pro-Russian separatist leader Vyacheslav Ponomarev, the self-declared mayor of Slovyansk, has announced a curfew and appealed to Russian President Vladimir Putin to send Russian peacekeepers to the region.
.@lukeharding1968 reports from inside the 'Donetsk People's Republic': balaclavas, Stalin flags & razorwire http://t.co/UjRT3G6PAs
— Maxim Eristavi (@MaximEristavi) April 20, 2014
#Pyatt still puts hopes on April 17 Geneva agreements, says there's no military solution #Ukraine #Russia http://t.co/ZIN8TXQFlT
— KyivPost (@KyivPost) April 20, 2014