Ukraine security forces have launched an ‘anti-terrorist’ attack on Russian separatists in the eastern town of Slaviansk. Jay Carney and ABC hack Claire Shipman can’t be too pleased about this, especially with the Soviet propaganda posters in their house.
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Ukrainian security forces have launched an “anti-terrorist” operation to end the grip of separatists on an eastern town, Ukraine’s interior minister said on Sunday.
“An anti-terrorist operation has begun in Slaviansk. It is being directed by the anti-terrorist center of the state security service. Forces from all the security units of the country have been brought in,” Interfax news agency quoted the minister, Arsen Avakov, as saying on his Facebook page.
Pro-Russian activists carrying automatic weapons seized government buildings in the town about 150 kilometers (90 miles) from the Russian border on Saturday, and set up barricades on the outskirts of the city.