Here are key dates in the conflict between pro-Moscow separatists and government forces in eastern Ukraine that has left more than 5,300 dead since April 2014, according to the United Nations.Kiev and the West accuse Russia of arming the rebels and of having deployed more than 9,000 soldiers in Ukraine, something Moscow denies.– 2014 –April 6: Two weeks after Russia annexes the Black Sea peninsula of Crimea, pro-Moscow demonstrators seize government buildings in towns and cities in Ukraine’s Russian-speaking east, including Donetsk and Lugansk.April 13: Kiev announces the launch of an “anti-terrorist” operation aimed at retaking the rebel zones.May 11: …read more
Source: Egypt Independent
