Ukraine: three pro-Russian militants killed in Mariupol clashes

Ukrainian troops have killed three pro-Russian separatists and wounded 13 when they repelled a militant assault at the Mariupol military base Three pro-Russian militants died and 13 were wounded when Ukrainian troops repelled an attack on a National Guard base in the Black Sea port of Mariupol, Ukraine’s interior ministry said today. A crowd of around 300 men armed with stun grenades and Molotov cocktails attacked the base, in the south-east part of the country late on Wednesday, the interior ministry s