Ukraine Nationalists Are Now Challenging The Kiev Government

The Guardian: Ukraine government in armed standoff with nationalist militia

Government forces barricade bases of Right Sector, which has helped it battle pro-Russian forces, after gunfight reportedly killed two people

Soldiers and police have been locked in a standoff with a nationalist militia in western Ukraine after a gun and grenade battle that left at least two dead.

Tensions have been rising between the government and the Right Sector militia that has helped it fight pro-Russian separatists in the east of the country.

A Right Sector spokesman, Taras Kuzyak, told Ukrainian media on Sunday that seven infantry fighting vehicles had blocked the entrance to Right Sector’s base near the town of Skole in Lviv region, adding that law enforcement was similarly cutting off access to other Right Sector bases in western Ukraine.

WNU Editor: We all knew that this day would come .... for any hope of peace to occur the Ukraine government had to reign in these nationalist militias .... even though everyone knew that Right Sector and other affiliated groups would resist. My prediction .... better to reign them in now instead of later .... and I do expect the Ukraine military and the national police to succeed.

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