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Fierce fighting reported near Shyrokine, east of Mariupol: 50 gunmen killed and 300 wounded
Ukrinform ^ | 12:52 16.02.2015 | Ukrinform

Posted on 02/16/2015 6:02:41 AM PST by WhiskeyX

KYIV, February 16 /Ukrinform/.Ukrainian troops are fiercely fighting in the vicinity of Mariupol for the village of Shyrokyne defending it from the Russian-terrorist forces who have been trying to capture it for the last five days despite the declared ceasefire.

A National Guard soldier stationed in the area of Mariupol, the port city 95 kilometers south of Donetsk, told an Ukrinform correspondent.

"Fierce battles are raging in the village of Shyrokine now," he said.

(Excerpt) Read more at ukrinform.ua ...


TOPICS: Foreign Affairs; News/Current Events; Russia
KEYWORDS: donetsk; mariupol; putinsbuttboys; russia; shyrokine; ukraine; vladtheimploder

1 posted on 02/16/2015 6:02:41 AM PST by WhiskeyX
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To: WhiskeyX

Putins’ word means as much as obummers’.


2 posted on 02/16/2015 6:15:30 AM PST by freeangel ( (free speech is only good until someone else doesn't like it)
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To: freeangel

“The only thing you can trust about Putin’s “word” is the 100 percent certainty he will violate his own word.


3 posted on 02/16/2015 6:20:05 AM PST by WhiskeyX
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To: WhiskeyX

Ukrainian reporting allways puzzles me. Why can’t they identify the nationality of combatants for who they actually are and are supporting . Russians supporting Russia!


4 posted on 02/16/2015 7:07:24 AM PST by mosesdapoet (Some of my best rebuttals are in FR's along with meaningless venting no one reads.)
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To: WhiskeyX

This is from Ukrinform, the OFFICIAL State Propaganda Service of Ukraine.

So take it for what it’s worth.


5 posted on 02/16/2015 7:12:32 AM PST by tcrlaf (They told me it could never happen in America. And then it did....)
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