Shaun Walker and Alec Luhn

Pro-Russia Rebels in Eastern Ukraine 'Use Ambulances to Move Fighters'

Monday, August 4, 2014
Pro-Russian rebels in eastern Ukraine have expropriated ambulances to transport able-bodied fighters and threatened medical staff, according to a Human Rights Watch report. The organisation, which has also criticised pro-Kiev forces for using imprecise Grad rockets in civilian areas, found a number of instances of rebels stationing fighters at hospitals, seizing or destroying medical equipment and using ambulances to transport fighters.