10 Killed as Street Battles Rock Eastern Ukraine


(MENAFN- Qatar News Agency) Kiev May 04 - Fighting and street battles are raging in Kramatorsk southeastern of Ukraine as the Ukrainian authorities continue its military operations in the city.

About ten people including two soldiers have been killed and around 30 others have been injured in the clashes.

At least 42 people died in Odessa on Friday most of them in the fire at the Trade Unions House where separatist protesters had barricaded themselves following running battles with pro-Kiev activists.

The blackened building was ringed by police on Saturday and there were some scuffles as groups chanting pro-Russian slogans clashed with government supporters.

The violence there was the most serious in Ukraine since February when more than 80 people were killed during protests in Kiev against the ousted President Viktor Yanukovych.


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