Secretary of the Council of national security and defense of Ukraine Oleksandr Turchynov came under fire in the area of special operations in the Donbass.

According to the journal, citing a source in the NSDC, the APC, which Turchynov was heading to the airport, came under heavy shelling in the area of residential settlements Experienced.

"the machine punched the wheel, changed under fire," journal of the interlocutor.

He Turchynov has not suffered.

The Ukrainian authorities began in April in the Donbass military operation against dissatisfied with the February coup d'etat in the region. According to the UN, the victims of the conflict were more than 4, 8 thousands of civilians. The ninth of December in the Donbass began a consistent militias and security forces through the mediation of the OSCE another truce. On January 9, the intensity of attacks in the region has increased.


numerous anti-government protests were started in the South-Eastern regions of Ukraine at the end of February 2014. They were the response of local residents to violent change of Power in the country and the subsequent attempt to cancel the Verkhovna Rada of the law granting Russian the status of regional language. According to the summary data of the United Nations, victims of the conflict were 4, 8 thousands of civilians, more than 10 thousand were injured.

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