Sergeants Nadezhda Durachenko and Galina Mikhailova both named among the victims.
'We can't stand by a watch this lawlessness', insist men travelling on five-day 3,900km journey to take up arms in Novorossiya.
'I've got to talk to my British colleague,' said the Russian president as he left a key fuel and energy session to take the phone call.
Only way to save the Middle East country from 'endless bloodshed'.
Thousands of people fleeing the Middle East and Africa into Europe should be redirected to Russia, claims economist Fred E Foldvary.