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| Separatist Rocket Attack Said to Kill 30 Ukrainian Troops | Separatist Rocket Attack Said to Kill 30 Ukrainian Troops |
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| DONETSK, Ukraine — Rebels attacked a Ukrainian military camp in eastern Ukraine on Friday, killing as many as 30 soldiers and border guards, the Ukrainian authorities said. | DONETSK, Ukraine — Rebels attacked a Ukrainian military camp in eastern Ukraine on Friday, killing as many as 30 soldiers and border guards, the Ukrainian authorities said. |
| Anton Shcherbakov, a spokesman for Ukraine’s Interior Ministry, said the authorities were still investigating, and that rebels also suffered losses in the attack, in which the separatists reportedly fired Russian-made Grad rockets, a truck-mounted artillery system. | Anton Shcherbakov, a spokesman for Ukraine’s Interior Ministry, said the authorities were still investigating, and that rebels also suffered losses in the attack, in which the separatists reportedly fired Russian-made Grad rockets, a truck-mounted artillery system. |
| If the Ukrainian casualty count proves accurate, it will mark one of the deadliest days in the government’s months-long struggle to tame a pro-Russian separatist movement in eastern Ukraine. The government had been making inroads against the insurgency in recent weeks, although determined pockets of resistence remained. | |
| Zoryan Shkyryak, an adviser to Interior Minister Arsen Avakov, said at a news conference in the Ukrainian capital, Kiev, that the death toll could rise, “because these bloodthirsty scum despicably shot from Grad systems and there is destruction,” Reuters reported. | Zoryan Shkyryak, an adviser to Interior Minister Arsen Avakov, said at a news conference in the Ukrainian capital, Kiev, that the death toll could rise, “because these bloodthirsty scum despicably shot from Grad systems and there is destruction,” Reuters reported. |
| The attack took place near Zelenopillya, a town about 40 miles from Luhansk, according to the BBC. | The attack took place near Zelenopillya, a town about 40 miles from Luhansk, according to the BBC. |
| Ukraine has been conducting a military offensive against a pro-Russian uprising in its troubled east. Last week, Ukrainian forces secured a substantial victory, winning back the rebel stronghold of Slovyansk. The authorities announced on Wednesday night announced that they had also managed to retake a post along Ukraine’s border with Russia. But rebels have dug into the regional capital, Donetsk, a city of nearly one million, that they are using as a base for operations. | Ukraine has been conducting a military offensive against a pro-Russian uprising in its troubled east. Last week, Ukrainian forces secured a substantial victory, winning back the rebel stronghold of Slovyansk. The authorities announced on Wednesday night announced that they had also managed to retake a post along Ukraine’s border with Russia. But rebels have dug into the regional capital, Donetsk, a city of nearly one million, that they are using as a base for operations. |