Ukraine Crisis: 'Eight Killed' In Ambush In East -- BBC
Seven Ukrainian soldiers have been killed in an ambush in the eastern Donetsk region, reports say.
A unit was attacked near the town of Kramatorsk by about 30 heavily-armed rebels, the defence ministry said. One rebel is also said to have died.
Correspondents say this is the most serious loss of life for the government in its operation against separatists.
Donetsk is one of two regions declared separate from Ukraine after referendums deemed illegal by Kiev, the US and EU.
The defence ministry said an armoured personnel carrier carrying paratroopers was hit by a rocket-propelled grenade and exploded.
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6 Soldiers Killed in E. Ukraine Ambush -- VOA
My Comment: It is news stories like this one that scares me the most. Because of conscription .... everyone in Ukraine has had some degree of military training. Everyone knows how to use military equipment. And while everyone does not have weapons .... everyone knows where they can get such supplies. And with tensions and animosities escalating throughout eastern Ukraine .... it was only a matter of time before some in the region would start to resist by organizing and launching attacks against what they now see are occupying forces. My take is that after this weekend's referendum and yesterday's Ukrainian artillery bombardment of the eastern city Of Slaviansk .... red lines have been crossed and everyone is now gearing for war.
The focus from the Western media has always been on the possibility of a guerrilla/insurgency war breaking out if Russia should invade Ukraine. There has been little (if any) coverage on the possibility of an insurgency war breaking out between Ukrainian forces and the pro-Russian parts of eastern Ukraine. But after today .... there is a now a very good chance that a Ukrainian insurgency war/civil war is on.
The Ukrainian government and the West are blaming Russia for what happened today .... but anyone who knows anything about this part of the world knows that this has (and is) a bitter internal Ukrainian fight between two different groups who no longer see eye to eye. My prediction .... this can go either way .... and a part of me is still betting that this months Ukrainian Presidential elections would bring about a new government that would in turn bring about new policies of reconciliation. But the interim Ukrainian government in still in power and they have been a disaster since day one on treating it's Russian minorities .... and I expect them to continue with this foolhardy policy until the election. By then .... regardless of who gets elected .... it may be too late.