Immediately
after the bombing in Kharkov, the Kiev regime extended the "ATO"
zone of operation in Donbass to now cover Kharkov oblast as well.
---Mark
Sleboda
The
Guardian, reporting this uncritically reports the Ukrainian SBU
(they already know whodunnit before any evidence is provided
Can
you imagine the Guardian quoting the head of the FSB?!
Markian
Lubkivskyi, an aide to the head of Ukraine’s SBU security service,
said four suspects had been arrested.
“They
are Ukrainian citizens, who underwent instruction and received
weapons in the Russian Federation, in Belgorod,” he told Ukraine’s
112 Television. Belgorod is a Russian city just across the border
from Kharkiv.
At
least 2 killed in blast at 500-strong rally in Kharkov, Ukraine
At least two
people have been killed in an explosion in the center of Kharkov,
Ukraine, during a peace march, local media report. Around 500 people
had gathered in the center of the Kiev-controlled city for a rally.
RT,
22
February, 2015
Those
marching in the front were hurt, with Tass reporting from the scene
that at least 15 people sustained injuries and 3 others were killed.
Other outlets speak of four and eight casualties.
At
the moment, Ukraine Interior Ministry confirms two fatalities and 10
casualties.
Interior
Ministry head Anton Gerashenko gave the names of the two victims on
his Facebook page: local activist Igor Tolmachev and a military
officer identified as Lieutenant Colonel Ruybalchenko. He added that
the explosive device was planted in a bank of snow along the march
route.
“The
blast went off when the march participants started moving from the
Sports Palace to Svobody (Liberty) Square,” a witness told
Gromadske TV. “An explosive device was planted around 100 meters
from the palace. Two people have died.”
Witnesses
interviewed by TASS also claimed the explosive device was thrown from
a passing car, however, authorities appear to stick to the planted
device version.
Kharkov’s
prosecutor’s office has launched an investigation into the
explosion, describing it as a “terrorist act".
“All
victims have shrapnel wounds from a grenade blast. Three are in a
serious condition,” said Aleksandr Galatsan, the head of the
regional Department of Health.
A
police officer is among the casualties, law enforcers told TASS.
An
anti-terror operation has been launched in the explosion's aftermath,
said Anatoly Turchinov, head of Ukraine’s security and defence
council.
Turchinov
said, that “four members of the group behind the explosion have
been detained, and arms, including a grenade launcher, were
confiscated.”
The
adviser to the SBU chief, Markian Lubkivsky, said the service was
aware of a series of terrorist acts planned for Sunday, RIA Novosti
reported.
Security
services were able to give advance warning of a terrorist act in
Odessa, said President Petro Poroshenko during his meeting with
Polish President Bronislaw Komorowsky. The Polish leader was invited
to Kiev by Poroshenko to attend the commemoration events to victims
of the violence during the Maidan protests.
Earlier
in the day, 133 Ukrainian soldiers, freed as part of a prisoner swap
with the rebel forces, arrived in Kharkov.
The
march in Kharkov was organized in commemoration of the 2014 Maidan
events, which brought about regime change in Ukraine.
Kharkov,
in northeastern Ukraine, is the country's second largest city in
terms of population. The Kharkov region is under Kiev control and is
close to the self-proclaimed republics of Donetsk and Lugansk.
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