UKRAINE: Woman wounded when Ukrainian troops open fire on town - Kramatorsk residents

Record ID: 645093

  • Title: UKRAINE: Woman wounded when Ukrainian troops open fire on town - Kramatorsk residents
  • Date: 18th May 2014
  • Summary: KRAMATORSK, UKRAINE (MAY 18, 2014) (REUTERS) CARS DRIVING ALONG ROAD COVERED WITH DEBRIS VARIOUS OF DESTROYED STORE AT BUS STOP MASKED MAN KEEPING GUARD WOMAN TALKING ON PHONE (SOUNDBITE) (Russian) UNNAMED MASKED MAN, SAYING: "The Ukrainian army shot mortars and howitzers at residential quarters, and also, snipers are shooting at civilians and armed people and everybody that they see. It's a miracle that nobody died. At this station there was a girl who lived." (SOUNDBITE) (Russian) KRAMATORSK RESIDENT, VLADIMIR, SAYING: "We heard everything and our people went past. There was a woman close to the stall who survived. They brought her to the emergency room. Honestly, it's my opinion, that our Ukrainian government didn't act properly in sending the Ukrainian army against its own people." VARIOUS OF CARS DRIVING PAST DESTROYED STORE VARIOUS OF APARTMENT BUILDING PEOPLE STANDING IN STREET TALKING PEOPLE GATHERED AROUND DESTROYED STORE MAN RIDING BICYCLE WITH TYRE BARRICADES IN BACKGROUND CAR DRIVING ALONG ROAD COVERED WITH DEBRIS SLAVIANSK, UKRAINE (MAY 18, 2014) (REUTERS) VIEW ON CITY FROM HILL TAXI APPROACHING UKRAINIAN CHECKPOINT UKRAINIAN TANK VARIOUS OF SOLDIERS SEARCHING CAR CAR TURNING AROUND AND DRIVING AWAY
  • Embargoed: 2nd June 2014 13:00
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  • Location: Ukraine
  • Country: Ukraine
  • Topics: Conflict
  • Reuters ID: LVADNG2HBJW6IR1ERGZUE6JUFAF7
  • Story Text: Residents in the eastern-Ukrainian town of Kramatorsk say that Ukrainian troops opened fire on Sunday (May 18) on residential buildings, and wounded a woman who worked at a small shop near a local bus stop.
    "The Ukrainian army shot mortars and howitzers at residential quarters, and also, snipers are shooting at civilians and armed people and everybody that they see. It's a miracle that nobody died. At this station there was a girl who lived," said a masked man carrying a rifle, who did not give his name.
    "We heard everything and our people went past. There was a woman close to the stall who survived. They brought her to the emergency room. Honestly, it's my opinion, that our Ukrainian government didn't act properly in sending the Ukrainian army against its own people," said Vladimir, a Kramtorsk resident.
    According to Russian media reports, the shooting started Sunday afternoon on the outskirts of the city, where they said national guard troops attacked separatist-controlled checkpoints.
    Life News reported that two of its journalists are missing after apparently being detained by Ukrainian forces.
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