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13Apr14
Ukrainian Interior Ministry: anti-riot operation in eastern city of Slavyansk begins
Ukraine's acting interim Interior minister Arsen Avakov has announced the start of an anti-riot operation in the eastern city of Slavyansk, which is located in the Donetsk region where protesters demanding federalization of the country occupied the local departments of the police and the Ukrainian Security Service Saturday.
Avakov said on his page in Facebook the operation was steered by the Security Service and "units of all the law enforcement departments are involved in it."
He issued bellicose warnings Saturday saying the authorities in Kiev would offer a "very tough reaction" to the seizure of the district department of the Interior in Slavyansk.
In the wake of his statement, the protesters started putting up barricades consisting of tires, wooden screens and sandbags around the police station and hoisted the Russian flag over the building.
Participants in the protest action said they had been compelled to take drastic steps by statements of the Interior Ministry's top brass.
[Source: Itar Tass, Donetsk, 13Apr14]
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