14:37
29.5.2014
Accosted gunmen on Bulvar Pushkina. Something about the Vostok battalion turfing looters out of rebel HQ in the admin building. Chaos.
— Roland Oliphant (@RolandOliphant) May 29, 2014
DNR leadership (and many journos) were down at the morgue when Vostok showed up here. God know's what's going on.
— Roland Oliphant (@RolandOliphant) May 29, 2014
Seems like DNR leadership were aware of this. Say this is a "police operation" against "looters." "Not a coup. Don't worry."
— Roland Oliphant (@RolandOliphant) May 29, 2014
Maybe not a coup. But certainly seems to be something a little night of the long knives about this. House keeping?
— Roland Oliphant (@RolandOliphant) May 29, 2014
14:56
29.5.2014
#Donetsk: 15 ppl - reportedly looters - arrested near the security office HQ. They will be brought to book according the #DPR new laws.
— PaulaSlier_RT (@PaulaSlier_RT) May 29, 2014
15:35
29.5.2014
Vyacheslav Ponomaryov, the separatist mayor of Slovyansk, often makes wild claims. Here is his latest:
About 1,200 Ukrainian army soldiers have been killed during a special operation in Slaviansk, and eight helicopters and 15 armored vehicles were destroyed, Slaviansk people's mayor Vyacheslav Ponomaryov said Thursday.
16:11
29.5.2014
Evidence of the looting in Donetsk.
16:32
29.5.2014
BREAKING: Russia's Foreign Ministry has demanded that the government in Kyiv stop its military operation against separatists and urged the West to press Kyiv to avert a "catastrophe" in Ukraine.
16:46
29.5.2014
From Interfax:
Ukraine's military report killing militants involved in downing army helicopter
Kyiv, 29 May: The Ukrainian National Guard has said that the group of militants, who earlier downed a Ukrainian Mi-8 helicopter near Slovyansk in Donetsk Region, has been eliminated by the forces of the antiterrorist operation.
"In response to the terrorists' actions, the forces of the antiterrorist operation carried out artillery and aircraft shelling of the territory, from which fire had been held. As a result, the group of criminals involved in the shooting was eliminated," the National Guard said in a report.
Kyiv, 29 May: The Ukrainian National Guard has said that the group of militants, who earlier downed a Ukrainian Mi-8 helicopter near Slovyansk in Donetsk Region, has been eliminated by the forces of the antiterrorist operation.
"In response to the terrorists' actions, the forces of the antiterrorist operation carried out artillery and aircraft shelling of the territory, from which fire had been held. As a result, the group of criminals involved in the shooting was eliminated," the National Guard said in a report.
16:53
29.5.2014
More reporting on the factional in-fighting in Donetsk:
Militia ousting separatist forces in Donetsk, says insurgent leader =
Moscow (dpa) - Members of an armed pro-Russian militia on Thursday
evicted east Ukrainian separatists from their headquarters in Donetsk
and began taking down the barricades they had erected, a separatist
leader tells dpa.
"The Vostok battalion is removing the barricades, and I do not
understand why and for what," Miroslav Rudenko said by telephone from
Donetsk.
Moscow (dpa) - Members of an armed pro-Russian militia on Thursday
evicted east Ukrainian separatists from their headquarters in Donetsk
and began taking down the barricades they had erected, a separatist
leader tells dpa.
"The Vostok battalion is removing the barricades, and I do not
understand why and for what," Miroslav Rudenko said by telephone from
Donetsk.
17:04
29.5.2014
From our news desk:
The European Union has that announced officials from the EU, Russia and Ukraine will meet in Berlin on May 30 to try to resolve the gas dispute between Moscow and Kyiv.
EU Energy Commissioner Guenther Oettinger will represent the EU at the talks, his press secretary Sabine Berger said on May 29.
Russia's state-owned gas giant Gazprom says Ukraine's gas debt will amount to some $5.2 billion by June 7, and has set a June 2 deadline for Kyiv to pay the debt.
On May 28, Russian Energy Minister Aleksandr Novak insisted Ukraine must pay at least $2 billion by May 30.
The EU is worried a suspension of Russian gas supplies to Ukraine would also leave EU countries with either reduced supplies or totally cut off from Russian gas.
EU Energy Commissioner Guenther Oettinger will represent the EU at the talks, his press secretary Sabine Berger said on May 29.
Russia's state-owned gas giant Gazprom says Ukraine's gas debt will amount to some $5.2 billion by June 7, and has set a June 2 deadline for Kyiv to pay the debt.
On May 28, Russian Energy Minister Aleksandr Novak insisted Ukraine must pay at least $2 billion by May 30.
The EU is worried a suspension of Russian gas supplies to Ukraine would also leave EU countries with either reduced supplies or totally cut off from Russian gas.
17:32
29.5.2014
Hair-raising coverage from Monday's firefight at Donetsk airport from VICE News:
18:41
29.5.2014
Just been announced that Poroshenko's inauguration will take place on June 7.