Casualties Reported as Ukraine Launches 'Anti-Terrorist' Effort

The takeover of Ukraine government buildings turned bloody Sunday, as government forces sought to retake a building seized by pro-Russian militants in the eastern city of Sloviansk

Ukraine Interior Minister Arsen Avakov said one government security officer was killed and four were wounded in what he termed an "anti-terrorist" operation. "There were dead and wounded on both sides," Avakov said, according to Reuters.

Sloviansk was one of at least five cities where armed pro-Russian separatists had taken over Ukraine government buildings and erected barricades in recent hours. Many of them wore camouflaged uniforms, and carried Kalashnikov rifles identical to those worn and carried by the pro-Russian forces who took control of Crimea a month ago Read more...