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16Apr14
Armored vehicles enter Sloviansk
A column of armored vehicles has entered the town of Sloviansk, and servicemen are considering siding with the self-proclaimed Donetsk People's Republic, acting Sloviansk mayor Vyacheslav Ponomaryov told ITAR-TASS on Wednesday.
Facing Sloviansk's Town Hall are four armored vehicles, a self-propelled gun and a communications vehicles sent by the Kiev-based command to the Donetsk region.
"We've let them through. The only condition is that the servicemen unclip their magazines through they retain the ammunition load. Our activists are bringing dinner shortly: we'll offer them a meal and then let them decide if they remain on our side or leave," Ponomaryov said.
The military has a choice: join the Donbass self-defense units or leave their weapons and military equipment and withdraw, he added.
Earlier, fighters of 25th airborne troops brigade sided with the self-defense activists. However, a considerable amount of armored vehicles belonging to Kiev-controlled military units is still amassed near Sloviansk.
[Source: Itar Tass, Sloviansk, 16Apr14]
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