He's referring to a volunteer paramilitary detachment under Ukraine's Interior Ministry:
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"Donetsk People's Republic" paramilitary leader Igor Girkin (aka Strelkov) has called a press conference for this evening in Donetsk, reporters there say.
White House says Vice President Joseph Biden to meet with Ukrainian Foreign Minister Pavlo Klimkin later today. -Reuters
Russian stocks and currency continued to slide today for a third straight session, says Reuters:
Moscow's dollar-denominated RTS index slumped 2.5 percent in response, its rouble-traded peer MICEX fell 1.8 percent and the rouble dropped over half a percent against both the dollar and the euro.