More than 250 militant separatists have been “killed” in the last 24 hours in eastern Ukraine and more of them were russian citizens.
Said it Kyiv Defence Minister, Mikhailo Koval, in a meeting with president Petro Poroshenko.
Ukraine: Rebels shoot down military plane near Luhansk killing 49 ukranian soldiers
Separatisti filo-russi hanno abbattuto un grande aereo militare da trasporto nell’Ucraina orientale, uccidendo 49 persone a bordo con un duro colpo per gli sforzi del governo di sedare la rivolta.
Il ministero della difesa ha detto che l’aereo è stato abbattuto in fase di atterraggio all’aereoporto di Lugansk. I
Pro-Russian separatists have shot down a large military transport plane in eastern Ukraine, reportedly killing 49 people on board in a major blow for the government’s efforts to quell the insurgency.
The defence ministry said the plane was shot down as it approached an airport at Luhansk. The Il-76 transport plane had been carrying service personnel, equipment and food. The military spokesman Vladislav Seleznyov told the Reuters news agency that 49 people had died.
Friday, 13 June, 2014
Iran: Iran deploys military to fight Islamic State of Iraq and al-Sham (ISIL) Sunni insurgents in Iraq
Iranian Revolutionary Guard forces helped Iraqi troops regain control over most of Tikrit, according to Iranian security sources.
Confronted by the threat of Sunni Muslim forces overtaking Shiite-dominated Iraq, Iran responded to aid its Arab ally and sent Revolutionary Guard fighters to Iraq, according to Iranian security sources.
Ukraine: Ukrainian forces retake city of Mariupol
The Ukrainian government has announced its forces have retaken the southern city of Mariupol from pro-Russian separatist gunmen, and in heavy fighting has also retaken control of a long stretch of the border with Russia.
Iraq: Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant seize 2 more town, press further south
Islamist rebel fighters captured two more Iraqi towns overnight in a relentless sweep south towards the capital Baghdad in a campaign to recreate a medieval caliphate carved out of fragmenting Iraq and Syria.
U.S. President Barack Obama threatened military strikes against the radical Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant on Thursday, highlighting the gravity of ISIL’s threat to redraw borders in an oil-rich region with the risk of any new entity turning into a launch-pad for attacks on Western interests.
Thursday, 12 June, 2014
Democratic Republic of the Congo: Clashes between Congo and Rwanda, heavy fighting reported
Heavy fighting broke out on Wednesday between Rwandan and Congolese troops on the border between the two neighbours, which are locked in a decades-long conflict.
The two sides exchanged machine gunfire at dawn after what the Congolese army said was the abduction of one of its soldiers by Rwandan troops who had crossed the border into the restive province of North Kivu.
Wednesday, 11 June, 2014
Iraq: Iraqi officials say Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant (ISIL) militants seize city of Tikrit
Al-Qaida-inspired militants seized effective control Wednesday of Saddam Hussein’s hometown of Tikrit, expanding their offensive closer to the Iraqi capital as soldiers and security forces abandoned their posts following clashes with the insurgents.
Fighters from the Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant took control a day earlier of much of Mosul, Iraq’s second-largest city, in a major blow to the authority of the country’s Shiite government. An estimated half a million residents fled the economically important city.