Update.
Photos out of Slavyansk. There is some info about a foreign national, a sniper, who was killed in Slavyansk by the locals, after having fired on both militia and civilians. Info is unconfirmed. The OSCE observers seem to have been released.
u-96.livejournal.com/3380870.html
A civilian was run over by an APC in Slavyansk.
Ukrainian MoD reports human shields blockading their troops around Slavyansk.
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A giant smoke trail can be seen in Konstantinovka. It's unclear what's burning or where.
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The Ukrainian military is in Kramatorsk. However instead of fighting against local self defense forces, it's confronted by angry civilians. The civilians in the second and third video are yelling at the soldiers to get out of their city. Shots have been fired in the city, and a lot of locals are scared. Only a few are in the streets. Nothing like the crowd that showed up at the airfield, last time the military was here.
Note the much better equipment on the soldiers. These are not army. these are SBU and MVD special detachments. However among the BTRs are many older BTR-70s, it looks like there aren't enough working BTR-80s.
u_96:
jerry24_it:
Fighting did occur in Kramatorsk, or near it, earlier. Several locals were killed, and some arrived with firearms injuries in the local hospital. Locals say 5 dead, 16 wounded.
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jerry24-it.livejournal.com/56197.html
In the Andreevka village, a human chain of civilians was fired on by the government troops, killing 10, wounding 40.
Russian sources claim that Ukraine is hiding true casualty numbers, when it claims that only 2 of their service members have died. Russian sources list 15 dead, with more unreported. This is probably true, given the heavy fighting, and that at least two service members died in the helicopter shootdowns alone.
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CAST comments on the appearence of Ukrainian BMP-3s. It appears there are only two of them. Ukraine inherited 6 from the USSR. One was sold to the USA. One was modified with a new engine, and became a prototype. One was in such bad shape that it's completely unusable. This leaves 3 of which two have been sighted. Theories on why they're being used are two: either they're intended to be used as "Russian troops" in some sort of provocation, or the Ukrainian military is so desperate that it needs every working vehicle. Both have merits.
bmpd -
Ukrainian MVD is issuing Ukrainian passports to 300 foreign nationals out of Poland, and the Baltics, who are participating in the anti-terrorist operation as "instructors".
http://russian.rt.com/article/30439#ixzz30ewGTJrh
Photos out of Odessa.
u-96.livejournal.com/3381283.html
Videos. Warning the second one has some very graphic scenes.
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Meanwhile the Ukrainian MVD claims that the people in Trade Union building in Odessa set their own building on fire... despite you know all the footage, eyewitness testimony to the contrary, etc.
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There are sources that indicate that the Ukrainian MVD was complicit in the events in Odessa. This would explain the highly passive behavior of the Odessa police, which did nothing. The casualty list for Odessa is 42 dead, 214 wounded.
Lots of photos and videos of the fighting in Slavyansk and Kramatorsk are also in there.
Colonel Cassad -
