Rebels \\\'retreating\\\' in Sloviansk
Monday, 5 May 2014
Pro-Russian militants just outside Sloviansk are retreating amid attacks by Ukrainian troops, reports say. Government forces have taken a TV tower in the suburbs and rebels were pulling back deeper into the city, the Russian Interfax news agency said.
Heavy gunfire could be heard, apparently closer to the centre than in recent days. However, a number of Ukrainian troops have been killed in the fighting, the country's interior minister said. Arsen Avakov could not give the exact death toll, but said up to eight Ukrainian troops had been wounded in an ambush.
Four ambulances were seen near the area and at least two separatist armoured vehicles and several rebels were seen in retreat, according to BBC.