Armed militant in Slavyansk. Photo from Fotokor.org In Slavyansk, the district center of the Donetsk region, a special operation began on the liberation of administrative buildings captured by separatists. This was announced on his Facebook by the head of the Ministry of Internal Affairs of Ukraine Arsen Avakov. According to him, for stabilizing the situation in the city, forces are attracted from all the power units of the country, and leads the special operation of the SBU.

Mikhail Dmitriev. Photo: csr.ru Ex-president of the Center for Strategic Development Foundation Economist Mikhail Dmitriev was finally dismissed from the CSR. This was announced in his LiveJournal by the director of the research fund Sergey Belanovsky. Dmitriev’s team leaves with him, "so far to nowhere, just to the street." According to Belanovsky, the director of the SSSR North-West, Vladimir Knyaginin, was appointed to the place of Dmitriev.

Passport. Frame TVC About 1300 residents of the peninsula refused to receive Russian citizenship after the accession of Crimea and Sevastopol, Interfax reports with reference to the statement of the head of the FMS department for the organization of passport work of Fedor Karpovts. "We do not see the influx, but, of course, we will make every effort so that this category of people does not have any problems," Karpovets said.

"March of Pravda." Photo by Yu. Timofeeva/Grani.ru Several thousand people took part in the "Marsh of Pravda" on Sakharov Avenue in Moscow, the Grana correspondent reports. The action, which began at 16:00 and lasted two hours, took place in the format of the rally. The event was agreed with the Moscow government. The declared number of participants was up to 50 thousand people. The audience held in their hands posters and flags of various organizations, mainly "solidarity" and RPR-Parnas.

On April 13, in Moscow, a coordinated rally "March of Pravda" will be held on Sakharov Avenue. Start at 16 o’clock. The slogans of the rally: - For honest and independent media. - For an open and free society. - For the right to objective information. - Against lies on television screens. - Against Xenophobic and malaeennavian propaganda. The rally will be performed by Liya Akhedzhkova, Harry Bardin, Dmitry Bykov, Alexey Devotchenko, Alexey Kortnev, Alexander Filippenko and others.

Police's cordon near the building of the City Council of Kharkov. Photo Mediaport.ua People with Bits and St. George ribbons attacked supporters of the territorial unity of Ukraine near the monument to Taras Shevchenko in Kharkov, Ukrainian Pravda reports. During the collision, shots sounded and explosives were used. At least ten people were injured. Supporters of Euromaidan, who participated in the street action, held national flags and posters in their hands.

Slavyansk. Aerodroma street. Photo by Sergey Kushnarev Ukrainian security forces conduct a special operation in the Donbass against Russian saboteurs. On the eve of the armed detachments captured administrative buildings in several cities. Hot spots - Slavyansk, Kramatorsk, Krasny Liman, Krasnoarmeysk, Artemovsk, Gorlovka.

Sergey Lavrov and John Kerry. Photo: us-russia.org US Secretary of State John Kerry, in a telephone conversation with the head of the Russian Foreign Ministry Sergei Lavrov, called for steps to take the situation in Ukraine, RIA Novosti reports with reference to a senior representative of the State Department. At the same time, Kerry again announced the possibility of "additional consequences" for Russia in connection with the occupation of Crimea.

Dmitry Yarosh. Photo from a personal page on Facebook The leader of the Nationalist Association “Right Sector”, Dmitry Yarosh, who ran to the presidency of Ukraine, announced the complete mobilization of all the structures of the organization in connection with the latest events in the southeast of Ukraine, RIA Novosti reports.