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8. 2 deaths: 1 self-defense force 1 Ukrainian serviceman

Tue Mar 18, 2014, 05:13 PM

Mar 2014

KIEV, Ukraine (AP) - Gunfire at a Ukrainian military facility in the capital of separatist Crimea killed one serviceman and a member of a local self-defense brigade, a police spokeswoman was quoted as saying by the Interfax news agency.

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Ukrainian Prime Minister Arseniy Yatsenyuk on Tuesday blamed Russia, saying the storming of the military facility showed that the dispute “has gone from the political stage to the military by the fault of the Russians.”

A local news agency recently formed by pro-Russian Crimean authorities gave a different account, saying that snipers fired on self-defense units that had arrived to check out a report of armed men and that one of the self-defense brigade was killed.

Read more: http://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2014/mar/18/ukraine-1-serviceman-killed-in-crimean-storming

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Ukrainian officer wounded in Crimea shooting: military spokesman [View all] jakeXT Mar 2014 OP

And Another Has Died... If I'm Reading This Right... WillyT Mar 2014 #1

2 deaths: 1 self-defense force 1 Ukrainian serviceman jakeXT Mar 2014 #8

Appreciate provision of different sources Jake 2banon Mar 2014 #2

I think it is time for an orderly withdrawl of Ukrainian forces. blackspade Mar 2014 #3

I agree. christx30 Mar 2014 #4

And most Berlin Expat Mar 2014 #5

Sounds like sabotage and desertion to me /nt jakeXT Mar 2014 #6

US troops withdrawing from Iraq were deserters by that logic. geek tragedy Mar 2014 #7

Ok, let's think. Was Iraq part of US territory, and was then occupied by somebody else ? jakeXT Mar 2014 #9

Do you understand what desertion is? geek tragedy Mar 2014 #12

If jakeXT Mar 2014 #14

Sabotage, maybe. christx30 Mar 2014 #10

Love to hear from DU's armchair generals. former9thward Mar 2014 #11

physician, heal thyself nt geek tragedy Mar 2014 #13

Russia is pretending to be the good guy. joshcryer Mar 2014 #15

Those guys are fucked. joshcryer Mar 2014 #16

Doesn't look like it will be easy jakeXT Mar 2014 #17

One sniper detained, the other on the run n/t Catherina Mar 2014 #18

Video of the State Dept at its best (sarcasm), smirking with their fairytales Catherina Mar 2014 #19

Thanks.. good Luck to Ukrainians. Cha Mar 2014 #20