Either #Ukraine defends its territory and prepares for total war or it will be defeated by #Russia.
— Anders Östlund (@andersostlund) 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
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
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
According to Tymchuk,Russia's Military Intelligence GRU coordinators dispatched from Crimea behind an assault on Police Station in Slavyansk
— Ryskeldi Satke (@RyskeldiSatke) April 12, 2014
The Ukrainian foreign minister's comments come the same day an armed group in military uniforms seized a police station in the city of Slovyansk in Ukraine's eastern Donetsk region.
Pro-Russian armed groups have been occupying the regional administration building in Donetsk and Security Service headquarters in the city of Luhansk since April 6-7, demanding the federalization of Ukraine.
Deshchytsya also confirmed his participation in the U.S-EU-Russia-Ukraine talks in Geneva scheduled for April 17.
Foto from Kramatorsk Donetsk oblast sign says "Donetsk get up off your knees" pic.twitter.com/jNJipK10es
— bruce springnote (@BSpringnote) April 12, 2014
The base belonged to a contingent of Ukrainian border guards who had built it only the previous month, hauling Soviet-era tents out of storage and cleaning out old debris from what had been a storage lot. With Russian forces massed across the border and fears of intervention high, the men at the base had come to reinforce Ukraine’s first line of defense against the growing threat from its neighbor — and the mysterious men that night showed how murky it could be.
When they slipped back into the night, the border guards were left wondering just who exactly the two men were — locals angry at the sudden influx of troops? Separatist agitators on orders from Moscow? Or maybe even Russian spies? The men had said they were from a nearby Ukrainian town, but locals later said that no one matching their description lived there.
Read the whole thng here.
On outskirts of #Slaviansk - Pro-#Russia have erected a Russian flag on a road sign #Ukraine pic.twitter.com/7uCb3XItvu
— David Patrikarakos (@dpatrikarakos) April 12, 2014