Pro-Russia Separatists Shoot Down Helicopters; Ukraine Crisis Deepens
IZYUM, Ukraine - Gunfire erupted in Ukraine on Friday as military and Interior forces launched a “large-scale operation” before dawn near the edges of rebel-besieged Sloviansk and Kramatorsk in the country’s embattled eastern region to force Separatists to free hostages, lay Down ******* and free seized government buildings, authorities said.
Two Ukrainian helicopters were shot Down by pro-Kremlin rebels and their pilots were killed, the country’s Defense Ministry said. Vyacheslav Po**maryov, the insurgent-appointed "people's mayor" of Sloviansk, was quoted by Russia's Interfax news agency also as saying two helicopters had been shot Down Read more...