https://www.kyivpost.com/content/ukrain ... 44902.htmlSenior Kiev Government Security Official, on Thursday, April 24th, 2014 at 4:00 p.m. Kiev time wrote:
The original ( Anti-Terrorist Military ) plan for Sloviansk today was to recapture the town from separatists, including all government buildings they had taken over, a senior security official told the Kyiv Post. The operation, however, has been halted for the moment as the government is reformulating the plan based on their latest intelligence from the eastern border, the official said.
According to Ukrainian intelligence, the risk of Russian troops crossing the border has increased dramatically, according to a senior security official in the government. The government also confirms that there are seven people dead as a result of the operation. "The separatists are panicking," the official said.
Meanwhile, AFP and Russia Today, citing the Russian defense ministry, report that Moscow has ordered new military exercises to be conducted on its border with Ukraine
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