At least 20 armed militants took over the city's police headquarters earlier. "The same group has seized the building of the SBU (security service) in Slaviansk," Donetsk regional police said in a statement.
Ukrainian Foreign Minister Andrii Deshchytsia called on Russia to end the "provocative actions by Russian agents in east Ukraine."
[jpost.com]
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- Special-purpose police refuse to go to Slavyansk
Donetsk special police unit members, who formerly served in the Berkut force, refused to go to Slavyansk, where administrative buildings were seized by activists of the Donbass People's Militia opposing the new Ukrainian leaders, Russia 24 television said.
Member of the special forces were sent to Slavyansk to storm the seized police department building, but they refused to obey the order and returned to the deployment place in Donetsk, a Russia 24 correspondent reported.
The correspondent denied reports of some media that buses with police were stopped by federalization supporters.
Administrative buildings in Slavyansk in the Donetsk region were seized by activists of the Donbass People's Militia, who came out against the new leaders in Ukraine, Slavyansk Mayor Nelya Shtepa said on Saturday.
"Today I have had talks. They explained to me that they were from the Donetsk regional people's militia. They said they opposed those in power in Kiev. Today, they are negotiating with them," she said.
The press secretary of the Ukrainian Interior Ministry's Donetsk regional department, Igor Demin, told Itar-Tass on Saturday the buildings of the city departments of the Interior Ministry and the Security Service were seized.
A Russian flag was raised over the police department, local media reported.
According to media reports, barricades of tires, wooden shields and sand sacks were set up around the building. Behind the barricades were people who supported militia activists.
Ukrainian parliament-appointed Interior Minister Arsen Avakov said earlier on Saturday a special police force was sent to Slavyansk.
[itar-tass.com]
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Coup-imposed Ukrainian president Turchinov sacks Donetsk security service chief over anti-Maidan protests in the country's Southeastern part.
ReplyDeleteRead more: http://voiceofrussia.com/news/2014_04_12/Donetsk-security-services-chief-dismissed-by-Ukraines-acting-president-8607/
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Lavrov denies east Ukraine unrest was conducted by supposed Russian agents...
ReplyDeleteRussian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov has denied allegations that the current unrest in southeastern Ukraine is the work of supposed Russian agents. Ukrainian acting Foreign Minister Andrei Deshchytsya called Lavrov on Saturday and, "in the course of the conversation, tried to hold Russia accountable for the aggravation of the situation in the south and southeast of Ukraine," the Russian Foreign Ministry said in a statement.
A statement recently published by the Russian Foreign Ministry says that there are no reasons to accuse Russia of aggravating of the situation in Ukraine’s southern and southeastern regions.
In response, Sergey Lavrov said that there are no grounds for such claims. He added that the US has already put forward similar accusations against Russia, but failed to give any concrete evidence................Read more: http://voiceofrussia.com/news/2014_04_12/Lavrov-denies-east-Ukraine-unrest-was-conducted-by-supposed-Russian-agents-0261/
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Ukraine crisis: Casualties in Sloviansk gun battles...
ReplyDeleteA Ukrainian officer has been killed in a gun battle with pro-Russian armed men in the eastern city of Sloviansk, the interior minister says.
Both sides suffered a number of casualties, Arsen Avakov said.
Pro-Russian forces took over Sloviansk on Saturday and have targeted at least four other cities, prompting Kiev to launch an "anti-terror operation".
Kiev and Western powers accuse Moscow of inciting the trouble. The Kremlin denies the charge.................http://www.bbc.com/news/world-europe-27008026
13/4/14
Opération "antiterroriste" dans l'est Ukraine: le sang a coulé...
ReplyDelete"L'opération antiterroriste" lancée par les forces du gouvernement pro-européen d'Ukraine contre des insurgés armés pro-russes dans l'Est du pays a fait "des morts et des blessés des deux côtés", a annoncé dimanche le ministre de l'Intérieur. Un agent du service de la sécurité d'Etat ukrainienne (SBU) et un "nombre indéterminé" de militants pro-russes ont été tués.
"De notre côté, un officier du SBU (services de sécurité, a été tué)", écrit Arsen Avakov sur sa page Facebook, évoquant également cinq blessés chez les loyalistes. "Chez les séparatistes, un nombre non déterminé" de victimes, poursuit le ministre. Parmi les blessés côté loyaliste figure "le chef du centre antiterroriste du SBU".
Le ministre affirme que "les séparatistes se cachent derrière les populations civiles utilisées comme boucliers humains" et que "les forces du SBU se regroupent".
Des photographes de l'AFP présents à Slaviansk dimanche matin n'ont pas entendu de bruits de combats particuliers et ont pu constater que de nombreux civils pro-russes s'étaient volontairement rassemblés autour du commissariat tenu par les insurgés pour défendre les lieux.
La tension est encore montée d'un cran en Ukraine. Ce samedi soir, des activistes pro-russes ont pris le contrôle de bâtiments publics dans plusieurs villes. L'armée ukrainienne annonce une riposte. Les Etats-Unis demandent à la Russie d'arrêter de déstabiliser l'Ukraine.............http://www.rtbf.be/info/monde/detail_ukraine-kerry-menace-la-russie-de-consequences-supplementaires?id=8246969
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Ukrainian president: Russia waging ‘war’...
ReplyDeleteUkraine’s acting president on Sunday claimed that Russia was waging war against the country by supported armed separatists who have seized government buildings in Ukraine’s eastern cities.
“Blood has been spilt in a war that is being waged against Ukraine by Russia,” Oleksandr Turchynov said in a televised address to the nation, adding that he had ordered the launch of a “full-scale anti-terrorist operation” against the pro-Moscow militants, Agence France-Presse reported.
Turchinov offered not to prosecute any militants who gave up their weapons by Monday morning.
Earlier on Sunday, both sides have suffered casualties during a raid by Ukrainian special forces on a police station in the eastern city of Slavyansk that was seized by pro-Russian gunmen, AFP reported Ukraine’s interior minister as saying.
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“There are dead and wounded on both sides,” minister Arsen Avakov wrote on his Facebook page on Sunday.
“On our side - an ABU (Ukrainian Security Service) officer... On [the] side of the separatists -- an unidentified number... The separatists have started to protect themselves using human shields.”
The gunmen were wearing orange and black ribbons, a symbol of the Soviet victory in World War Two that has been adopted by pro-Russian separatists in Ukraine, and replaced the Ukrainian flag on the building with a Russian tricolor, Reuters reported.............http://english.alarabiya.net/en/News/2014/04/13/Ukraine-launches-anti-terrorist-operation-.html
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