The dynamic of claim and counter-claim between the opposing forces in eastern Ukraine is nothing new. From social media posts to ministerial press releases, the conflict is as much a war of words as it is of bombs and bullets. But an incident last week was the subject of such bold and wildly conflicting claims from both the rebels in Donetsk and the government in Kyiv that they cast more doubt than certainty over the events they described.
Russia's War Against Ukraine
Vice News: Ukraine’s mystery battle – hunting for truths across an elastic border
Pro-Russian separatists of the self-proclaimed Donetsk People's Republic (DPR) attend a rally to mark Defenders of the Fatherland day, a Soviet-era holiday, at Lenin square in Donetsk on Feb. 23, 2015.
