ROUGH CUT (NO REPORTER NARRATION)<br/> <br />Ukrainian troops landing helicopters and moving heavy military equipment in the eastern Ukrainian village of Andriivka faced off with angry residents on Friday (May 2).<br/> <br />As the troops landed helicopters in a field, villagers, some holding icons and depictions of religious figures, shouted and argued with troops in armored personnel carriers (APCs) and soldiers lined up alongside the road.<br/> <br />Ukrainian authorities launched a dawn operation on Friday in an attempt to retake the restive town of Slaviansk, where pro-Russian gunmen have been holed up in several public buildings since the beginning of last month.<br/> <br />Pro-Russian rebels shot down two Ukrainian helicopters on Friday, killing two crew, as troops tightened their siege of separatist-held Slaviansk and Moscow accused Kiev of launching a "criminal" assault that wrecked hopes of peace.<br/> <br />Though Ukrainian forces appeared to be carrying out one of their most concerted military oper
