A rocket attack by pro-Russian rebels on a border post on Ukraine’s border with Russia on Friday may have killed as many as 30 soldiers and border guards, an Interior Ministry adviser said, promising swift retribution from Kyiv.
President Petro Poroshenko called an emergency meeting to discuss what could be the deadliest rebel attack on government forces since the Ukrainian military ended a unilateral cease-fire June 30.
The pro-Russian separatists, who have added powerful weapons to their arsenal, launched a volley of Grad missiles at around 5:00 a.m. local time on the border post at Zelenopillya, in Ukraine’s easternmost Luhansk region, military …read more
Source: Voice of America
