Reports from Ukraine that the SBU has seized a “potentially radioactive” substance weighing 1.5 kilograms in Chernivtsi Oblast.

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Description Ukraine’s security forces have seized ‘potentially radioactive’ material from a group in the country’s west. Quoting a spokesperson for the Security Service of Urkaine (SBU), The Kiev Post reported that the SBU had seized a “potentially radioactive” substance weighing 1.5 kilograms in Chernivtsi Oblast. It added there was speculation that separatists may have been preparing to detonate a “dirty bomb.” The SBU arrested 10 people in the operation, including one who is a citizen of the Russian Federation, according to the report.

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Interior Ministry: Four Ukrainian soldiers killed, 30 wounded in anti-terrorist operation in Sloviansk (LIVE UPDATES)

May 5, 2014, 6:27 p.m. | Ukraine — by Kyiv Post

Ukraine's Interior Minister Arsen Avakov stands at a checkpoint near the eastern Ukrainian city of Slavyansk on May 5, 2014. Four Ukrainian troops were killed and 30 wounded in intense fighting around the rebel-held town of Slavyansk on May 5, the interior ministry said. The ministry added that the pro-Russian gunmen controlling the town were using civilians as human shields and were shooting from houses, some of which were on fire. It said there were civilian casualties but did not provide a toll. AFP PHOTO / SERGEY BOBOK
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SBU: Sniper nests discovered in Donetsk Oblast
2:14 p.m. -- A spokesperson for the Security Service of Urkaine (SBU) said in a briefing on May 5 that members from the elite "Alpha" special forces team discovered and neutralized a sniper nest in a television tower in Kramatorsk, Donetsk Oblast, on May 3.
Two Ukrainian soldiers were wounded in the operation, Marina Ostapenko, the SBU spokesperson, reported.
Ostapenko told reporters that the SBU has identified similar sniper nests in other parts of Donetsk Oblast, but has yet to clear them.
She also said that the SBU had seized a "potentially radioactive" substance weighing 1.5 kilograms in Chernivtsi Oblast, speculating that separatists may have been preparing to detonate a "dirty bomb." The SBU arrested 10 people in the operation, including one who is a citizen of the Russian Federation. -- Isaac Webb

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