18:57
12.4.2014
Via Interfax, Ukraine's Interior Ministry denies reports that pro-Russia protestors seized police stations in Krasny Liman, Chervonoarmiysk and Kramatorsk.
KYIV. April 12 (Interfax) - Ukraine's Interior Ministry denied allegations that anti-Maidan protesters seized control of police stations in three cities in Donetsk region - Krasny Liman, Chervonoarmiysk and Kramatorsk - on Saturday.
"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.
"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.
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12.4.2014
Via Reuters: UKRAINE SEES SATURDAY'S EVENTS IN EAST UKRAINE AS 'ACT OF AGRESSION FROM RUSSIA' - INTERIOR MINISTER
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12.4.2014
VIa Reuters: UKRAINE DEFENCE AND INTERIOR MINISTRY UNITS ARE RESPONDING TO ATTACKS - INTERIOR MINISTER
19:46
12.4.2014
From RFE/RL's News Desk:
Acting Ukrainian President Oleksandr Turchynov has called an emergency meeting of the National Security Council to discuss the situation in eastern Ukraine.
The meeting will reportedly held in Kyiv at 2100 (local time).
The call by Turchynov comes after Unrest by pro-Russia separatists spread to several parts of the eastern Ukrainian region of Donetsk on April 12.
It began early when gunmen seized a police station in the city of Slovyansk.
Pro-Russia protesters later took control of other government buildings in the city, which is about 100 kilometers north of Donetsk, the regional capital.
Gunmen have reportedly set up checkpoints on roads entering the city.
Separatists then stormed or took control of several other government buildings in Donetsk city and Krasny Liman.
Acting Ukrainian President Oleksandr Turchynov has called an emergency meeting of the National Security Council to discuss the situation in eastern Ukraine.
The meeting will reportedly held in Kyiv at 2100 (local time).
The call by Turchynov comes after Unrest by pro-Russia separatists spread to several parts of the eastern Ukrainian region of Donetsk on April 12.
It began early when gunmen seized a police station in the city of Slovyansk.
Pro-Russia protesters later took control of other government buildings in the city, which is about 100 kilometers north of Donetsk, the regional capital.
Gunmen have reportedly set up checkpoints on roads entering the city.
Separatists then stormed or took control of several other government buildings in Donetsk city and Krasny Liman.
19:48
12.4.2014
Via Reuters:
Ukraine considered attacks by pro-Russian separatists in eastern Ukraine on Saturday as an "act of aggression by Russia", Interior Minister Arsen Avakov said.
"Units of the interior and defence ministries are implementing an operational response plan," he said in a statement on his Facebook page.
Ukraine considered attacks by pro-Russian separatists in eastern Ukraine on Saturday as an "act of aggression by Russia", Interior Minister Arsen Avakov said.
"Units of the interior and defence ministries are implementing an operational response plan," he said in a statement on his Facebook page.
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12.4.2014
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12.4.2014
On the Odesa steps.
Yes, those steps.
Yes, those steps.
20:22
12.4.2014
More from our news desk on Interior Minister Avakov's statements:
Acting Ukrainian Interior Minister Arsen Avakov says attacks by pro-Russia separatists in eastern Ukraine today are an "act of aggression" by Russia.
Avakov said in a statement on his Facebook page that units of the Ukrainian Interior and Defense ministries "are implementing an operational response plan" to attacks by protesters on police stations and other government buildings in several cities and towns.
It began early when gunmen seized a police station in the city of Slovyansk.
Pro-Russia protesters later took control of other government buildings in the city.
Separatists then stormed or took control of several other government buildings in Donetsk city, Krasny Liman, and Kramatorsk.
Acting Ukrainian President Oleksandr Turchynov has called an emergency meeting of the National Security Council to discuss the situation in eastern Ukraine.
The meeting will reportedly held in Kyiv at 2100 (local time).
Avakov said in a statement on his Facebook page that units of the Ukrainian Interior and Defense ministries "are implementing an operational response plan" to attacks by protesters on police stations and other government buildings in several cities and towns.
It began early when gunmen seized a police station in the city of Slovyansk.
Pro-Russia protesters later took control of other government buildings in the city.
Separatists then stormed or took control of several other government buildings in Donetsk city, Krasny Liman, and Kramatorsk.
Acting Ukrainian President Oleksandr Turchynov has called an emergency meeting of the National Security Council to discuss the situation in eastern Ukraine.
The meeting will reportedly held in Kyiv at 2100 (local time).
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12.4.2014
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12.4.2014