In Donetsk and Lugansk prepare for a possible assault
At noon Moscow time, the ultimatum expires, which the head of the Ministry of Internal Affairs of Ukraine presented to the protesters in the south-east of the country. Last Wednesday Avakov promised to resolve the situation in Luhansk, Kharkiv and Donetsk regions during 48 hours: either by negotiations or by force.
Army units and military equipment were sent to the region. But people do not refuse their demands - they want to hold a referendum on federalization, and someone else - on joining Russia. In Lugansk, the number of defenders of the previously seized regional directorate of the Security Service has increased. The building is already on duty and a half thousand people. The protesters also blocked the base of the internal troops of the Ministry of Internal Affairs, reports the TV channel "Russia 24".
Waiting for a possible assault in Donetsk. Under the control of the protesters - the regional administration. Barricades are being strengthened around the building, the neighboring streets are blocked by barbed wire. Announced the creation of their own army. Several detachments of miners from different districts of the region came to support the activists, only about 200 people. We add that, according to the protesters, in Donetsk for several days there have been fighters of the National Guard of Ukraine and the radicals of the Right Sector.
In Donetsk and Dnepropetrovsk, 11 of April are waiting for Prime Minister of Ukraine Arseniy Yatsenyuk. The head of the cabinet will hold meetings with government officials and businessmen in Donetsk, Luhansk, Kharkiv, Dnipropetrovsk and Zaporizhia regions to discuss the situation in the regions, the issues of decentralization of power and the new version of the Constitution of Ukraine, according to the government website.
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