Sloviansk destroyed near the ammunition depot and the bus with the militia , in the Red Liman continues final "sweep" , the head of Task Force to inform stroke powerplant raid in eastern Ukraine Vladislav Seleznev .
"Tonight during the maneuver in the north of Donetsk region special forces convoy was fired . Opened fire out of the van , who was standing on the roadside . Security forces opened fire. Bus with the militia was destroyed " - quoted Seleznev agency UNN. He added that the overnight raid aviation security forces destroyed the ammunition depot near the village militia Semenivka .
Otherwise , he said, the night in the area of security forces raid went smoothly . Slovyansk closely ring forces raid the militia. In the Red Liman continues final cleanup .
Seleznev said that the casualty figures are changing , but we can say with confidence that they have more than 300 dead and 500 wounded. " With the security forces - the number has not changed : two killed , 45 wounded ," - he said.
From mid-April Kiev authorities carried out a special operation in eastern Ukraine to quell protests that have become a reaction to the coup on February 22. In Moscow, this special operation , which has already resulted in numerous casualties on both sides, called punitive and urge her to stop immediately Kiev .
Won the elections Poroshenko ultimatum demanded that the security forces to hold his inauguration "cleansing " areas of Donetsk and Lugansk regions , where at the beginning of April, it was announced that a "People's Republic " , proclaimed its independence following a referendum on May 11.