Ukraine Civil War News Updates -- July 22, 2014

Ukrainian Military and Rebel Fighters Clash in Donetsk -- New York Times

DONETSK, Ukraine — A thick plume of dark smoke could be seen rising into the bright blue afternoon sky here on Monday. One man, a passenger in a blue car that was stopped at a red light, said two people in his building were killed in the day’s fighting. He said he ran out of his house in nothing but his slippers.

A woman in the Kuibysheva neighborhood, which was hit Monday morning, was killed as she walked through a courtyard near a small playground. Two men were found dead nearby. A grocery discount card was on the ground near the bloody outline where the woman’s body had been.

“They are trying to push the D.N.R. back, but they end up hitting us,” said Yevgeny Zhitnikov, a 17-year-old resident of Donetsk, using an abbreviation for the self-declared Donetsk People’s Republic. “Victory is more important to them than human life.”

His father, who was arranging bags on the ground for the family to leave to a nearby bomb shelter, added, “Animals.”

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Ukraine Civil War News Updates -- July 22, 2014

Donetsk clashes hamper MH17 work -- BBC
Heavy clashes in Donetsk as forensic experts arrive at MH17 crash site -- The Guardian
Inside the Battle to Crush Ukraine’s Rebel Capital as Dutch Search for MH17 Clues -- Daily Beast
Self-Defense Forces Stop Kiev Army Attack on Donetsk - Militia -- RIA Novosti
Clashes in Donetsk as Ukraine makes gains -- SKY News
Donetsk train station under fire with reports that Ukrainian army is attacking rebel stronghold -- News.com.au
Fresh fighting breaks out in eastern Ukraine -- Scotsman
Ukraine civilians flee deadly fighting on edge of Donetsk -- AFP
Ukraine MPs come to blows while fighting rages in east-- Euronews
Putin: West should demand Kiev obey ceasefire during plane crash probe -- RT
Developing Situation in Ukraine Unacceptable, Counterproductive, Destabilizing - Putin -- RIA Novosti
Putin says will use influence on Ukraine rebels, denounces West -- First Post/Reuters

WNU Editor: The above BBC video report is a must see. The reporter quotes eyewitnesses at the MH17 crash scene who claim they saw/heard jet fighters in the air .... but Ukraine is denying any of their planes were in the sky. So if this report is true .... who was in the air? The last minute of the BBC report raises even more questions.