Satu kebakaran yang didakwa bermula pada lokasi kemalangan pengangkutan tentera Ukraine dijatuhka/A fire that allegedly started at the crash site of the downed Ukrainian military transport. Still from YouTube video
SrikandiTV - Empat puluh sembilan tentera Ukraine terbunuh apabila tentera Il-76 pengangkutan jet mereka telah diambil oleh tentera militia tempatan sebelum ia bermula keturunan ke arah Lapangan Terbang Lugansk. Beberapa perkakasan dan bekalan ketenteraan telah hilang juga.
Angka kematian telah disahkan oleh pejabat Ukraine Ketua Pendakwa itu pada pagi Sabtu dalam satu kenyataan, yg berkata 9 anak kapal dan 40 tentera terbunuh.
Terdahulu Kementerian Pertahanan berkata tentera sedang diangkut ke Lapangan Terbang Lugansk untuk putaran bersama-sama dengan peralatan ketenteraan dan bekalan.
Self-defense forces mengumpul
peluru di tapak kemalangan Il-76 pesawat pengangkutan tentera Ukraine di
Luhansk, 14 Jun 2014 (Self-defense forces gather ammunition at the site of the
crash of the Il-76 Ukrainian army transport plane in Luhansk, June 14, 2014 (Reuters/Shamil
Zhumatov)
49 Ukrainian troops KILLED as TRANSPORT
Plane downed in LUGANSK . . .
Forty-nine Ukrainian troops were killed when their military Il-76 transport jet was taken down by local militia forces just before it started its descent toward Lugansk Airport. Some military hardware and supplies were lost as well.
The death toll was confirmed by the Ukrainian General Prosecutor’s office on Saturday morning in a statement, which said nine crew members and 40 troops were killed.
Earlier the Defense Ministry said the troops were being transported to the Lugansk Airport for rotation along with military equipment and supplies.
'Self-defense forces' Lugansk mengesahkan bahawa mereka menjadi dalang dalam menenggak pesawat pengangkutan.
"Ia dipukul dengan roket. Kami percaya terdapat pasukan tentera di atas kapal, "kata jurucakap Ibu Pejabat militia memberitahu RIA Novosti.
Il-76 adalah pesawat pengangkutan tentera berat yang biasanya mempunyai anak kapal 7 dan boleh mengangkut sehingga 167 askar dengan bersenjata.
Yang menenggak semalaman pesawat Jumaat nampaknya kehilangan tunggal terbesar tentera setia Kiev, yang telah melancarkan tindakan keras tentera di wilayah timur ingkar selama 3 bulan.
Lugansk self-defense forces confirmed that they were behind the downing of the transport aircraft.
“It was hit with a rocket. We believe there were military troops on board,” a spokesman for the militia HQ told RIA Novosti.
The Il-76 is a heavy military transport aircraft that usually has a crew of seven and can transport up to 167 soldiers with weapons.
The downing of the plane overnight Friday was apparently the biggest single loss of Kiev loyalist forces, which has been waging a military crackdown on defiant eastern provinces for three months.
Berikutan serangan itu, Presiden Ukraine Petro Poroshenko dipanggil pertahanan dan keselamatan kaumnya untuk perundingan.
"Semua mereka yg terlibat dlm perbuatan sinis keganasan sebesar ini mesti dihukum. Ukraine memerlukan kedamaian. Walau bagaimanapun, pengganas akan menerima jawapan seimbang," kata Poroshenko dalam satu kenyataan.
Sementara itu di rantau Donetsk, menembak semula pada Slavyansk dan Kramatorsk lewat pada hari Jumaat sebagai tentera Ukraine terus tindakan keras untuk angkatan diri dalam rizab timur, seorang wakil diri berkata.
Operasi ketenteraan Kiev di timur Ukraine tlh menggiatkan. Pada hari Khamis, tentera Ukraine dilaporkan menggugurkan bom fosforus di bandar Slavyansk.
Following the attack, Ukrainian President Petro Poroshenko summoned his defense and security chiefs for consultations.
"All those involved in cynical acts of terrorism of this magnitude must be punished. Ukraine needs peace. However, the terrorists will receive a proportionate response," Poroshenko said in a statement.
Meanwhile in Donetsk region, shooting resumed in Slavyansk and Kramatorsk late on Friday as the Ukrainian military continued its crackdown on self-defense forces in the country's east, a self-defense representative said.
Kiev’s military operation in eastern Ukraine has been intensifying. On Thursday, the Ukrainian military reportedly dropped phosphorous bombs on the town of Slavyansk.
Self-defense forces mencari
peluru di tapak kemalangan Il-76 pesawat pengangkutan tentera Ukraine di
Luhansk, 14 Jun 2014 (Self-defense forces search for ammunition at the site of
the crash of the Il-76 Ukrainian army transport plane in Luhansk, June 14, 2014
(Reuters/Shamil Zhumatov)
Banyak perkampungan Semyonovka, yang terletak di pinggir bandar Slavyansk, telah dibakar. Penduduk tempatan memberitahu RT bahawa tanah-tanah itu tidak berhenti membakar untuk beberapa ketika.
Penggunaan bom pembakar - direka utk memulakan api dengan menggunakan bahan-bahan seperti napalm, fosforus putih atau bahan kimia berbahaya yang lain - adalah dilarang oleh PBB.
Moscow menuntut siasatan segera ke dlm penggunaan yg dilaporkan bom pembakar di Ukraine, Menteri Luar Rusia Sergey Lavrov berkata pada hari Khamis.
Self-defense forces mencari
peluru di tapak kemalangan Il-76 pesawat pengangkutan tentera Ukraine di
Luhansk, 14 Jun 2014 (Self-defense forces search for ammunition at the site of
the crash of the Il-76 Ukrainian army transport plane in Luhansk, June 14, 2014
(Reuters/Shamil Zhumatov)
Much of the village of Semyonovka, located in the Slavyansk suburbs, was set ablaze. Local residents told RT that the ground didn't stop burning for some time.
The use of incendiary bombs – designed to start fires using materials such as napalm, white phosphorus or other dangerous chemicals – is strictly prohibited by the UN.
Moscow demanded an immediate investigation into the reported use of incendiary bombs in Ukraine, Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov said on Thursday.
A Ukrainian military Il-76 jet (RIA Novosti/Natalia Seliverstova)
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