
The head of the Ministry of Internal Affairs of Ukraine Arsen Avakov reported on his Facebook page about the measures taken in connection with separatist riots in Donetsk and Lugansk - regional centers of regions bordering Russia. He laid the responsibility for what was happening to Putin and Yanukovych, who "paid for the next round of riots. He said that law enforcement officers were given a team to return the situation under control without blood. In Donetsk, the protesters captured the building of the regional administration, announced their intention to convene the "people's council" of deputies and hold a referendum on joining Russia.
Reuters, citing the press service of the Rada, reports that the acting President Alexander Turchinov cancel the visit to Lithuania to deal with separatist protests in Donetsk and Lugansk.
“They gathered a little people, but the aggressiveness goes off scale. In Donetsk, many children and women were brought up in the crowd of storming the building. They provoke the transition of the conflict into the blood and victims,” the minister explained. "On a bunch of paid provocateurs among the protesters (falls) a lot of deceived, many who came for money," Avakov believes.
The minister promised to bring the situation “to order”, called for “not to swing the boat” and said that the Ministry of Internal Affairs works “without panic and hysteria, based on the realities and opportunities of today.” "We stabilize the situation. We will take the rolled of the paid marginals and inevitably squeezes," he said.
Avakov emphasized that "neither Donetsk, nor Kharkov, nor Lugansk want to be a buffer front -line zone. The East wants work and stability."