| Guns and fighters seep through Ukraine's porous Russian border |
| Saturday, 31 May 2014 17:50 | ||||||
|
Combatants engaged in last week's fighting say walked into the country 'to visit relatives' at poorly policed checkpoints In late April, 65 Russian men in groups of five to 10 crossed the border with Ukraine on foot, telling border guards they were going to visit relatives. It wasn't a fond babushka who picked them up at the border, however, but rather pro-Russian rebels from the self-declared Donetsk People's Republic in eastern Ukraine. They bussed the Russian fighters to the regional capital, where they took up arms and last week engaged in the fiercest combat yet against forces loyal to Kiev. Continue reading...
1. Never throw anything outPeople who have experienced years of deficit, just cannot throw out anything./ V. Titov/TASSEver walked past an apartment block in Russia and noticed a series of balconies bulging out the side, packed tight with God knows what? Old wooden skis, broken radios, car parts, [ ... ] The Islamic State terrorist grouping has claimed responsibility for an attack on a base of the Federal National Guard Troops Service (Russian Guards) in the township of Naurskaya in Chechnya, a spokesperson for the Russian Guards public relations section told TASS."The Islamic State terrorist groupi [ ... ] Scroll down to see moreReutersMany people dream about going on a Trans-Siberian railway journey, all the way from Moscow to Vladivostok. But would you dare to cycle those 9,000 km?ReutersProbably only superheroes would. Ten participants (eight men and two women) in the Red Bull Trans-Siberian Extrem [ ... ]
|
