Locals chat with the soldiers, hand them water and cigarettes. Friendly, laid-back atmosphere. Guns not loaded. pic.twitter.com/1QwuLtg89f
— Olaf Koens (@obk) April 16, 2014
Message is stronger today at self-proclaimed Peoples' Republic of #Donetsk. They plan to seize more buildings in town pic.twitter.com/ihHkMEebfn
— Chris Dzieciolowski (@kdzieciol) April 16, 2014
Some salty language among the separtists RT @svaboda: Узброенымі людзьмі захоплены Данецкі http://t.co/cCKLZ2jfS3 pic.twitter.com/6SQm4vZPN6
— Glenn Kates (@gkates) April 16, 2014
Things get a bit heated btw Russian and Western versions of Piglet "He said smth about sanctions" via @vkontakte pic.twitter.com/9jjecBtIM8
— Alessandra Prentice (@alessaprentice) April 16, 2014
Russian disinformation site says CIA head was in Kyiv to recover the bodies of killed Blackwater mercenaries.... http://t.co/SoH9aKrIek
— Robert Coalson (@CoalsonR) April 16, 2014
All in all, only a few of the "green men" in Sloviansk resemble Russian regulars. Some from Crimea, some local. Odd uniforms, odd weapons.
— Leonid Ragozin (@leonidragozin) April 16, 2014