A rebel rocket attack brought down a Ukrainian military helicopter ferrying out troops, including a general, on the outskirts of Slovyansk, killing at least 12 people onboard. The incident highlights the dangers of unfolding guerrilla warfare. (May 29)
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VOICE-OVER SCRIPT:
BLACK SMOKE RISES FROM A UKRAINIAN MILITARY CHOPPER SHOT DOWN BY PRO-RUSSIAN REBELS IN EASTERN UKRAINE — KILLING AT LEAST A DOZEN SOLDIERS — INCLUDING A GENERAL.
UKRAINE’S ACTING PRESIDENT OLEKSANDR TUCHYNOV DELIVERED THE NEWS TO PARLIAMENT – SAYING REBELS USED A PORTABLE AIR DEFENSE MISSILE TO BRING DOWN THE CHOPPER.
IN DONETSK — ARMED SEPARATISTS — SURROUNDED A GOVERNMENT BUILDING IN A SIGN THAT DIFFERENCES APPEAR TO BE GROWING WITHIN THE RANKS OF THE INSURGENCY.
THE BUILDING HAD BEEN OCCUPIED BY PRO-RUSSIAN ACTIVISTS FOR MORE THAN A MONTH.
THURSDAY — THE ARMED INSURGENTS SOUGHT TO CLEAR it.
AS KIEV CONTINUES TO TRY TO QUELL THE REBELLION IN THE EAST — GOVERNMENT TROOPS DETAINED TWO CHILEAN REPORTERS.
MEANWHILE — AN INSURGENT LEADER CONFIRMED HIS FIGHTERS WERE HOLDING FOUR MISSING OBSERVERS FROM THE ORGANIZATION FOR SECURITY AND COOPERATION IN EUROPE — KNOWN AS THE O-S-C-E.
THEY TRAVELED TO EASTERN UKRAINE TO MONITOR THE SECURITY SITUATION AND RECENT PRESIDENTIAL ELECTION — AND DISAPPEARED MONDAY.
NO TIME FRAME HAS BEEN ANNOUNCED FOR THEIR RELEASE — BUT THE REBEL LEADER SAYS THE OBSERVERS ARE SAFE.
RUSSIA’S FOREIGN MINISTER CALLED FOR QUICK INTERNATIONAL MEDIATION to STOP WHAT HE CALLS KIEV’S “PUNITIVE OPERATION” IN EASTERN UKRAINE.
UKRAINE’S NEW ELECTED PRESIDENT — PETRO POROSHENKO — HAS PROMISED TO NEGOTIATE WITH THE SEPARATISTS — WHILE ALSO VOWING TO CRUSH THE ARMED RESISTANCE.
NED BARKER….ASSOCIATED PRESS.
