Head of SBU in #Donetsk region Valery Ivanov sacked by interim president #Turchynov http://t.co/h6cMkT5pgO
— Myroslava Petsa (@myroslavapetsa) April 12, 2014
...after he refused to send forces to Slavyansk
Just like in #Crimea RT @MarquardtA: Teams from BBC and @AFP assaulted today by pro-Russians at seized Sloviansk police station. #Ukraine
— Olga Tokariuk (@olgatokariuk) April 12, 2014
In #Donetsk former #Berkut officers with St George ribbons tell pro-Russian crowd they are with the people and won't fight against them
— Myroslava Petsa (@myroslavapetsa) April 12, 2014
Either #Ukraine defends its territory and prepares for total war or it will be defeated by #Russia.
— Anders Östlund (@andersostlund) April 12, 2014
* According to reports in Russian and Ukrainian news agencies, separatists have seized a police station in the town of Krasny Lima, north of Slovyansk
* There are reports of disturbances in the town of Kramatorsk, in the Donbas region. Channel 5's Myroslava Petsa tweets that police, border guards and Afghan war veterans are on full alert to fight separatists in the town (which is 70 percent Ukrainian).
* About 200 pro-Russian protesters armed with clubs and sticks have stormed police headquarters in Donetsk. AFP reports that the protesters met no resistance and that riot police who quickly arrived on scene were sporting orange and black St. George's ribbons.
Mil expert Dmitry Tymchuk: Russia's objective is to seize as many local offices as poss before Apr 17 Geneva talks to show Ukraine's failed
— Myroslava Petsa (@myroslavapetsa) April 12, 2014
Donetsk's self appointed minister of defense arrested pic.twitter.com/bggLYpR8ke
— bruce springnote (@BSpringnote) April 12, 2014
Militia building in Krasni Liman Donetsk oblast taken by about 20 separatists
— bruce springnote (@BSpringnote) April 12, 2014