Ukraine launch offensive against pro-Russian rebels

AFP Published May 2, 2014
A Ukrainian soldier stands guard near a checkpoint which troops seized in the early morning in the village of Andreevka, 7 kms from the centre of the southern Ukrainian city of Slavyansk, on May 2, 2014.
A Ukrainian soldier stands guard near a checkpoint which troops seized in the early morning in the village of Andreevka, 7 kms from the centre of the southern Ukrainian city of Slavyansk, on May 2, 2014.
Ukrainian soldiers sit at checkpoint they seized in the early morning in the village of Andreevka, 7 kms from the centre of the southern Ukrainian city of Slavyansk.
Ukrainian soldiers sit at checkpoint they seized in the early morning in the village of Andreevka, 7 kms from the centre of the southern Ukrainian city of Slavyansk.
Ukrainian troops take position at a checkpoint they seized in the early morning in the village of Andreevka, 7 kms from the centre of the southern Ukrainian city.
Ukrainian troops take position at a checkpoint they seized in the early morning in the village of Andreevka, 7 kms from the centre of the southern Ukrainian city.
A pro-Russian separatist shows Ukrainian bullet casings at a pro-Russian checkpoint near the town of Slaviansk in eastern Ukraine.
A pro-Russian separatist shows Ukrainian bullet casings at a pro-Russian checkpoint near the town of Slaviansk in eastern Ukraine.
A pro-Russian activist stands guard at the entrance of seized regional government headquarters in Luhansk, eastern Ukraine, May 2.
A pro-Russian activist stands guard at the entrance of seized regional government headquarters in Luhansk, eastern Ukraine, May 2.
A Ukrainian military helicopter lands at a checkpoint which troops seized in the early morning in the village of Andreevka, 7 kms from the centre of the southern Ukrainian city of Slavyansk.
A Ukrainian military helicopter lands at a checkpoint which troops seized in the early morning in the village of Andreevka, 7 kms from the centre of the southern Ukrainian city of Slavyansk.
An armed pro-Russian man walks past burning debris at a checkpoint in the southern Ukrainian city of Slavyansk.
An armed pro-Russian man walks past burning debris at a checkpoint in the southern Ukrainian city of Slavyansk.
An armed pro-Russian man walks past burning debris at a checkpoint in the southern Ukrainian city of Slavyansk.
An armed pro-Russian man walks past burning debris at a checkpoint in the southern Ukrainian city of Slavyansk.

Ukraine's military lost two helicopters and two servicemen on May 2 in a deadly offensive launched just before dawn against pro-Russian rebels holding the flashpoint town of Slavyansk, insurgents and authorities said.

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