Deadly Gun Attack In Eastern Ukraine Shakes Fragile Easter Truce -- Reuters
(Reuters) - At least two people were killed in a gunfight early on Sunday near a Ukrainian city controlled by pro-Russian separatists, shaking an already fragile international accord that was designed to avert a wider conflict.
After the deaths, Russia questioned whether Ukraine's Western-backed government was complying with the agreement, brokered last week in Geneva, to end a crisis that has made Russia's ties with the West more fraught than at any time since the Cold War.
The separatists said gunmen from Ukraine's Right Sector nationalist group had attacked them. The Right Sector denied any role, saying Russian special forces were behind the clash.
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More News On Today's Gun Attack In Slavyansk, Ukraine
Ukraine unrest: Russian outrage at fatal Sloviansk shooting -- BBC
Four dead after gun battle in eastern Ukraine -- The Telegraph
Deadly clash in Ukraine's restive east -- Al Jazeera
Ukraine crisis: Slavyansk shooting threatens fraught Easter truce -- The Independent
Ukraine crisis: Geneva deal hangs by a thread after deaths in Slavyansk -- The Guardian
Five deaths in overnight checkpoint raid in Eastern Ukraine -- RT
Up to seven gunmen killed or injured in Ukraine's Slavyansk - self-defense forces -- Voice of Russia
Russia outraged by deadly shootout in Slavyansk, insists on Kiev fulfilling Geneva agreement - Moscow -- Voice of Russia
My Comment: I do not know if Ukraine's Right Sector nationalist group was involved in this attack, but I do know from my friends and family in Ukraine that this group is intimidating and threatening non-Ukrainians throughout the country. And while the interim Ukraine government has tried to reign in this group .... including killing the leader of it's para-military wing .... this group has the potential to derail any hope of reconciliation in Ukraine. Case in point .... some are pointing to this group as being the ones responsible for raising a "red flag" by distributing these anti-Semitic leaflets last week.
Update: Ukraine nationalists deny role in east Ukraine clash, blame Russia -- Reuters
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