Deadly Mariupol clashes leave at least 21 dead - Kiev
9 May 2014, 14:48 -- Around 20 self defense members were killed and four were captured in Mariupol during the fight at the city police department, while law enforcement authorities have one dead and five injured, Ukrainian Interior Minister Arsen Avakov said in comments delivered by Interfax.
Ukrainian armed forces enter Mariupol: three dead, 25 injured
Three people died and 25 were injured and brought to hospitals during the forceful operation held in Mariupol, the Donetsk regional state administration healthcare department said in a statement. 'For now, the healthcare department does not possess information of the affiliation of those killed and injured,' the document said, as reported by Interfax agency.
Two people killed, ten wounded in Ukraine's Mariupol- media
Two people were killed and ten others wounded in fighting in the Ukrainian city of Mariupol on Friday, local media reported, citing doctors. Ten gunshot wound victims are in hospital in Mariupol, where shooting has continued since morning, local mass media outlet reported. 'Ten people with gunshot wounds have been taken to the Ilyicheyvsk hospital,' the 0629.ua portal reported.
The city department building is burning, Mariupol residents build barricades on the streets, turn cars over and burn tires, the representative said, Interfax reports.
According to information from 'self-defense' groups, additional armored vehicles have been deployed to the local penitentiary facility near the village of Kamenka.
'They [armored vehicles] surrounded the facility, apparently, revolt is feared,' the representative said.
RT reporter wounded in Ukraine's Mariupol
A freelance RT journalist has been injured in the fighting in Mariupol, a city in southeastern Ukraine.
'Our freelance reporter was wounded as the fighting was being filmed in Mariupol. He was wounded in the stomach, according to doctors, although he was wearing a bullet-proof jacket,' RT's editor-in-chief, Margarita Simonyan, said on Twitter, Interfax reports.
On April 15, the Kiev authorities launched a special operation using the military in southeastern Ukraine, where pro-federalization supporters started rallies in March.
Armored vehicles used in assault on Mariupol police HQ in Ukraine - eyewitnesses
The self-defense forces in Mariupol claimed that a Ukrainian law enforcement contingent had made use of military hardware while storming the city police department. 'Armored vehicles have approached the city police department. The building is being shelled. It is an old building with thick walls which cannot be crushed by gunfire,' a spokesman for the self-defense command told Interfax.
He said, citing immediate reports, that several dozen police officers remain inside the building. They refused to fulfill Kiev's orders. Information about casualties is being verified, he said.
Local media reported, meanwhile, that the city police department and military garrison are being stormed. Military hardware is approaching the city from the airport. Streets are being closed for traffic and local residents have been denied access to this part of the city.
'The sound of shooting can be heard in the center of Mariupol,' says a posting on the 0629.ua website.
'Eyewitnesses also said that attempts are being made to seize the Mariupol police department and military garrison. Bursts are fired with automatic rifles in the center, according to the city medical services. Four people have been hospitalized with gunshot wounds,' the website said.
Causalities being checked after assault on Mariupol police HQ - local self-defense
A Ukrainian law enforcement contingent has tightened the grip around the Mariupol police department headquarters, a spokesman for the city self-defense forces told Interfax. Fighting is on, reports about casualties are being checked, he said. 'Police officers refused to fulfill Kiev's orders and to guard the City Council building, seized by the Ukrainian law enforcement personnel on Thursday.
The Kiev authorities made the decision to storm the building. Policemen are returning the fire. The law enforcement contingent keeps a tight grip on the building,' he said.
The spokesman also said that reports about casualties are being checked. 'One man as a minimum was killed outside the police department building. He was wearing civilian clothes. No one is approaching the scene to take the body away,' the spokesman said.
May Day rally in Mariupol offers resistance to military - self defense
Participants in a Victory Day demonstration in Mariupol marched to the police department headquarters in order to offer resistance to the Ukrainian military, spokesman for the self-defense forces told Interfax.
'Demonstrators - about 1,500 in all - rushed to the police department building. Men wearing black camouflage are walking towards them, firing shots in the air,' he said.
He said another group of citizens torched tires near the City Council headquarters in the center of the city.
Self-defense fighters earlier reported that a Ukrainian law enforcement contingent was storming the police department building and detaining police officers who refused to obey Kiev's orders.
Mariupol police HQ being stormed - self-defense forces
Self-defense forces in Mariupol said Ukrainian law enforcement units had attempted to seize the city police department building and that policemen had been detained for disobeying Kiev's orders.
'People wearing camouflage are storming the building of the city police department. A bus has arrived bringing along soldiers from a military base outside the city. Police officers who refused to obey Kiev's orders are being detained,' a spokesman for the city self-defense forces told Interfax.
He said there were casualties. The street where the police department is located has been cordoned off, he said.
No confirmation of this report from other sources is available.
Mariupol reports about shooting downtown - self-defense forces
Shooting was heard in the center of Mariupol, the headquarters of the self-defense of the city has informed Interfax.
'Unknown persons opened fire at the building of the City Department of Internal Affairs in the center of Mariupol,' a representative of the self-defense forces said. He said that there was no information about dead or injured people yet. Interfax do not possess confirmation of this information from other sources.
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