NYT Report: 12,500 expected to attack Slovyansk Tonight

[Reality Check]

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Ukrainian forces took back Sviatohirsk ( aka Svyatogorsk ), Ukraine, a city of 5,000 people in eastern Ukraine from anti-Kiev militias earlier Wednseday.

The recaptured small city is less than 20 miles from Slovyanks, a major pro-Russian rebel strong hold in eastern Ukraine.

In Slovyanks in eastern Ukraine, a city with 129,000 population, de-facto authorities in the city, are reported by the New York Times as expecting an attack by over 12,000 Ukrainian soldiers Tonight:

... Vyachislav V. Ponomaryov, the self-proclaimed mayor of Slovyansk, told reporters at a news conference that he expected the Ukrainian military to attack the city Wednesday night, probably from the northwest. Mr. Ponomaryov claimed that there were more than 12,500 soldiers within striking distance, and that his men were shoring up their defenses in the city, which is already probably the most heavily armed of the separatist strongholds in the east.

http://www.nytimes.com/2014/04/24/world ... -deal.html

Slovyansk is the closest Anti-Kiev militia stronghold to Kiev and the farthest one from the Russian border ( about 100 miles from Russia ). It has become the front line between anti-Kiev Militias in eastern Ukraine and Ukrainian armed forces willing to follow orders to attack from Kiev.
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