KYIV. May 15 (Interfax) - A fortified area was destroyed in Slovyansk in the early hours of Thursday, Ukraine's acting president and Parliament Speaker Oleksandr Turchynov said.
"A fortified area in Slovyansk was attacked and destroyed last night," Turchynov said while opening the session of the Ukrainian parliament on Thursday morning.
"A five-kilometer area around the television tower, which broadcasts Ukrainian television to Kramatorsk, Slovyansk and other areas of the Donetsk region, is fully cleansed," he said.
Turchynov also said a covered base has been destroyed near Kramatorsk. "The terrorists' covered military base was fully destroyed in the anti-terrorist operation near Kramatorsk last night," he said.
Turchynov did not give any information on the casualties.