Ukrainian Volunteers Hold Checkpoint From Separatist Attacks

Friday, February 6 , 2015 - 13:07 (EET) Section: Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty (USA)

Soldiers of the Dnipro-1 volunteer unit have come under continued attacks from pro-Russian separatists at a checkpoint near the village of Pisky, north-west of Donetsk, over the past week. The men are backed up by armor from the regular Ukrainian army. In recent weeks government forces have been pushed back by a separatist offensive in eastern Ukraine. (RFE/RL) …read more

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