Pro-Separatist Rebels Launch Offensive On Ukraine City Of Mariupol, 21 Killed

Saturday, January 24, 2015
By Paul Martin

by Tyler Durden
ZeroHedge.com
01/24/2015

Yesterday the main separatist leader in the rebellious Donetsk region, Alexander Zakharchenko, vowed to push Ukrainian soldiers out of the area and said insurgents would not take part in any more cease-fire talks. Another rebel went even further, saying they would not abide by a peace deal signed in September. The separatists said rebel fighters went on the offensive to gain more territory and forestall a Ukrainian attack. He declared they would push government troops to the border of the Donetsk region and possibly beyond. Which, according to the latest news, is precisely what they have done. As AP reports, indiscriminate rocket fire slammed into a market, schools and homes Saturday in the eastern Ukrainian city of Mariupol, killing at least 21 people, authorities said. Ukraine’s top rebel leader announced that an offensive had begun on the strategically important port.

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