(ANSA) - Kiev, April 24 - At least five pro-Russian
insurgents were reported killed on Thursday as Ukrainian troops
moved to regain control of the separatist stronghold of
Sloviansk in eastern Ukraine, the Ukrainian interior ministry
says.
The casualties were reported as Kiev's army cleared three
pro-Russian barricades near the city.
Separatists are occupying strategic buildings in at least a
dozen towns in eastern Ukraine.
Five pro-Russian separatists killed in Sloviansk, Kiev says
Army moves to retake separatist stronghold