"In Kramatorsk and Chervonoarmiysk, Operation Fortress, which was launched in the morning made it possible to thwart attempted seizures of buildings. In the city of Krasny Liman, law enforcers and local residents took the police building under joint protection at 8 a.m. As a result, armed men who had arrived there were unable to storm the building. The building remains under joint protection," the ministry said in a statement.
Read the whole piece here.
En route to sloviansk. Just passed that roadblock again - lots of guys, still not stopping us.
— Roland Oliphant (@RolandOliphant) April 12, 2014
The road block is just south of Konstantinovka, for future reference.
— Roland Oliphant (@RolandOliphant) April 12, 2014
Waved through another check point on slovyansk outskirts. Guys with double barrelled shotguns, pic'n'mix camo, cartridge bandoliers.
— Roland Oliphant (@RolandOliphant) April 12, 2014
Civilians including women filling sandbags for chicanes across road.
— Roland Oliphant (@RolandOliphant) April 12, 2014
Chatting with blokes with AKs and masks again. Oh so familiar.
— Roland Oliphant (@RolandOliphant) April 12, 2014
Where'd you get the guns? The state. Eh? (Nods at Russian flag) you know, that state.
— Roland Oliphant (@RolandOliphant) April 12, 2014
Real mix of guys. Old fat blokes who say they're afghan vets. Leaner young lads who carry their AKs like pros.
— Roland Oliphant (@RolandOliphant) April 12, 2014
"I got these in Kandahar." pic.twitter.com/goUQhyu8YB
— Roland Oliphant (@RolandOliphant) April 12, 2014
Also plenty who hold their AKs like twits, to give you the full picture of gun cradling.
— Roland Oliphant (@RolandOliphant) April 12, 2014
One thing is conspicuously absent, though — law enforcement.
Read, or listen to, the whole report here.
Inside the occupied police-station in Donetsk. Protestors heavy guys, but no fire-arms pic.twitter.com/tA9imhftks
— Olaf Koens (@obk) April 12, 2014
Police-officers get ribbons and are told to leave the building pic.twitter.com/6nQLjpyFAN
— Olaf Koens (@obk) April 12, 2014
And the new self-proclaimed police-chief came out, says he's on the side of the demonstrators pic.twitter.com/CH4E3opMpg
— Olaf Koens (@obk) April 12, 2014
Crowd left after a round of applause for the police. 'Long live Berkut' pic.twitter.com/9BC4VItvOp
— Olaf Koens (@obk) April 12, 2014
Police and security bldgs seized in Donetsk, Sloviansk, Krasny Liman, Kramatorsk tdy by pro-Russians. Donetsk police head resigned. #Ukraine
— Alexander Marquardt (@MarquardtA) April 12, 2014
.@novostidnua reports police bldg in northern #Donetsk Oblast city of Krasniy Limon seized by armed pro-Russian group http://t.co/DhadEvFphu
— Christopher Miller (@ChristopherJM) April 12, 2014
Most convincing evidence I've seen today that there are real pros at work (amid the local ruffians) in Slovyansk: https://t.co/bmG3jdV5Ir
— Joshua Yaffa (@yaffaesque) April 12, 2014