Several people were killed in an alleged shooting near Slavyansk, Ukraine on Sunday morning.
The pro-Putin Russia Today reported:
Five people have been killed in a gunfight in Slavyansk, a city in eastern Ukraine held by anti-government protesters. The fatalities include three protesters and two attackers, who are believed to be from the Right Sector paramilitary.
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The deaths came after a night attack on a protester checkpoint on the outskirts of the city. Four cars drove by the checkpoint and opened fire at the local residents manning it, killing two people and seriously injuring several others.
“They approached with their high beam headlamps on. Our man went to them and asked not to blind us, show IDs and open the trunk for inspection. Then an assault rifle got stuck out of the window and he was gunned down,” an eyewitness, Vladimir, told RT.
The self-proclaimed mayor of Slavyansk called on Russia to invade Ukraine after the shooting.
Self-proclaimed #Sloviansk mayor calls on #Putin to invade #Ukraine after an apparent false-flag attack/shootout pic.twitter.com/NY2wrrOnEQ
— Ukrainian Updates (@Ukroblogger) April 20, 2014
