Latest developments, per Twitter:
-In its debut flight mission, Rebel-controlled Su-25 detroyed 6 government MBTs and 1 APC
Unconfirmed Twitter reports that the rebel siege at Lugansk Airport may be broken, and that the outer defense line of Lugansk City may have fallen, and rebel troops have retreated into the city
The assault from the south was made by 80-90 AFV’s and MBT’s. The battle has been going on for 12 hours.
Rebels counter-attacked from the city with tanks and artillery, and have stabilized the line. HEAVY casualties being reported, as Kiev continues to shell the south part of the city.
Meanwhile, in Kiev, Ukraine’s Interior Minister Avakov accuses the Maidan of discrediting the revolution.
Funny how the dissenters aren’t tolerant of the dissenters, eh?
Right after I posted the above, this Tweet popped up from a Rebel account:
Lugansk: Fierce shelling
Used aircraft & Sabotage/Intel group
Airport is ours. Offensive launched on Schastye
Roskoshnoe free
(This is where a large National Guard unti is reported to be “Eliminated” by the rebels, a couple of hours ago.)
So who knows.....