Ukraine Civil War News Updates -- July 12, 2014

Ukrainian Fighter Jets Pound Rebels After Deadly Missile Attack -- Reuters

(Reuters) - Ukrainian war planes bombarded separatists along a broad front on Saturday, inflicting huge losses, Kiev said, after President Petro Poroshenko said "scores and hundreds" would be made to pay for a deadly missile attack on Ukrainian forces.

In exchanges marking a sharp escalation in the three-month conflict, jets struck at the "epicenter" of the battle against the rebels close to the border with Russia, a military spokesman said.

The planes targeted positions from where separatists using high-powered Grad missiles bombarded an army motorized brigade on Friday, killing 23 servicemen.

Warplanes also struck at targets near Donetsk, the east's main town where rebels have dug in, destroying a powerful fighter base near Dzerzhinsk, Andriy Lysenko, a spokesman for the "anti-terrorist operation" said.

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Ukraine Civil War News Updates -- July 12, 2014

Ukraine death toll climbs, but information scant -- AP
Ukrainian Fighter Jets Pound Rebels After Deadly Missile Attack -- Voice of America
Ukraine launches fresh air raids on rebels -- Al Jazeera
Ukraine Troops On Guard for Further Attacks as Fighting Continues -- Wall Street Journal
Ukraine president vows to act over army deaths -- BBC
Poroshenko threatens to kill hundreds per each killed government soldier -- ITAR-TASS
Ukraine promises 'retribution' as at least 19 soldiers killed in rebel rocket attack -- The Telegraph
Ukrainian security forces say militants suffered serious losses in Donetsk, Luhansk regions -- Kyiv Post
Artillery fire kills four Ukraine citizens in besieged Donetsk -- Irish Times
4 civilians killed in artillery fire in Ukraine -- AP
30 civilians killed, orphanage destroyed as Kiev forces hit town near Donetsk – local militia -- RT
Ukraine's Gains in East Prove Costly for Towns Caught in Crossfire -- WSJ
Luhansk Defense Forces Acquire Aviation – Republic’s Leader -- RIA Novosti
Separatist leader: 'Ukraine rebels will not surrender' -- BBC
Residents of stricken eastern Ukraine town flee as government forces suffer new losses -- Globe and Mail/AP
Ukrainians flee rebel bastion fearing reprisal assault -- Gulf News/AFP
Thousands of Ukrainians Flee to Russia as Army Attacks -- ABC News
Ukraine: thousands of people flee Donetsk as government forces get closer -- Euronews
'Kiev has broken our lives' - Ukrainian refugees to foreign media -- Voice of Russia
EU imposes sanctions on more Ukraine rebels -- The Guardian
Donetsk: a ghost town waiting for Ukraine's final battle -- AFP
Ukraine's next battle is Donetsk, but no bombs, please -- USA Today
War in Ukraine: The turn of the tide -- The Economist