Ukraine National Quard troops send to east, Anti-terrorist operation has begun in northern Donetsk... SHTF?

Over the course of the day, the Kyiv Post will be posting live updates about the separatist movements emerging in eastern Ukraine. On April 13, two SBU officers and two civilians were killed in the eastern city of Sloviansk.

Parubiy says National Guard troops have been sent to east

12:38 p.m. -- Andriy Parubiy, the Secretary of the National Security and Defense Council announced on his Facebook page on April 15 that National Guard troops have been deployed to eastern Ukraine.

Parubiy wrote that he had recently returned from a week-long trip to Luhansk oblast, where he said “The soldiers have a high fighting spirit and readiness to protect Ukraine.” Still, Parubiy, continued, “It is hard there.”

Parubiy posted pictures of the National Guard troops on his Facebook page, saying he is “sure that we'll win because God and Ukraine are with us.”

[link to www.kyivpost.com]

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