Sunday, May 4, 2014

Ukraine Government Losing Control As Violence Spreads Throughout The Country



Ukraine Unrest Flares As Kiev’s Control Slips -- Bloomberg Businessweek

Violence escalated in Ukraine’s easternmost regions as the government pursued its offensive to dislodge rebels and the conflict spread to the south.

Troops pressed on against separatists overnight in the Donetsk area, near the Russian border, taking back a television broadcast tower in Kramatorsk, Interior Minister Arsen Avakov said on his Facebook account.

Open clashes are sweeping the east and south, from Donetsk to Odessa, about 160 kilometers (100 miles) from the European Union’s southeastern frontier in Romania, amid signs the industrial and coastal regions are slipping out of the Kiev government’s control. The easternmost area is “essentially at war,” the head of the country’s anti-terrorist agency said yesterday.

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More News On The Violence That Is Spreading Throughout Ukraine

Ukraine Violence Spreads as Kiev's Grip on East Loosens Further -- Update -- Wall Street Journal
More fighting, casualties in Ukraine -- Deutsche Welle
Top Ukraine official declares civil war in progress as 42 are killed in fiery street fight -- New York Daily News
‘Go back to Kiev, fascists!’: Outraged locals chase off Ukrainian troops (VIDEO) -- RT
Divided Ukraine accelerates towards catastrophe predicted by all sides -- Irish Times

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