Protesters in the eastern Ukrainian cities of Donetsk, Kharkiv and Luhansk seized government buildings on Sunday. While police managed to clear the Luhansk protest site swiftly, protesters in Donetsk and Kharkiv remain entrenched.
Yatsenyuk met officials from the eastern regions in Donetsk and promised to expand the powers of local government bodies and preserve the status of Russian as a second official language. But he did not meet representatives of the protesters who have declared a "people's republic" from a Donetsk administrative building and demanded that a referendum on independence be held by 11 May
A 48-hour deadline to clear the occupied buildings announced by Ukraine's interior minister came and went without incident, despite persistent rumours of an impending assault by government forces. Protest leaders said negotiations to clear the building had come to a standstill.
In Luhansk, further east, dozens of men remained barricaded inside the state security service headquarters, armed with Kalashnikovs. They demand a referendum on federalising Ukraine.
"If we get federation, then people will decide whether they want to be inside of Ukraine or in Russia," said Aleksey Kariakin, one of the leaders of the group, who earlier held talks with Ukraine's security chief, Andriy Parubiy.
The protesters deny that they have been sustained, or prompted to action, by Russia, or have Russian nationals among their number. They claim they are backed only by hundreds of people who live in a tent camp set to protect and supply them....
TWISTING REALITY : Russia continues to spin a false and dangerous narrative to justify its illegal actions in Ukraine. The Russian propaganda machine continues to promote hate speech and incite violence by creating a false threat in Ukraine that does not exist. We would not be seeing the violence and sad events that we've witnessed this weekend without this relentless stream of disinformation and Russian provocateurs fostering unrest in eastern Ukraine. Here are 10 more false claims Russia is using to justify intervention in Ukraine, with the facts that these assertions ignore or distort.
TWISTING REALITY : Russia continues to spin a false and dangerous narrative to justify its illegal actions in Ukraine. The Russian propaganda machine continues to promote hate speech and incite violence by creating a false threat in Ukraine that does not exist. We would not be seeing the violence and sad events that we've witnessed this weekend without this relentless stream of disinformation and Russian provocateurs fostering unrest in eastern Ukraine. Here are 10 more false claims Russia is using to justify intervention in Ukraine, with the facts that these assertions ignore or distort.
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US spokesman Carney said ""That said the Ukrainian government has a responsibility to provide law and order. " Unless of course the Ukrainian government ws led by the legally elected Yanukovich two months ago and the US backed thugs in the Kiev Maidan were responsible for the disorder (snipers, molotov cocktails, massive tire bonfires, etc).
This is from AP two months ago "President Barack Obama says the U.S. is outraged by violence in Ukraine and is urging President Viktor Yanukovych (yah-noo-KOH'-vich) to withdraw forces from downtown Kiev immediately."
US spokesman Carney said ""That said the Ukrainian government has a responsibility to provide law and order. " Unless of course the Ukrainian government ws led by the legally elected Yanukovich two months ago and the US backed thugs in the Kiev Maidan were responsible for the disorder (snipers, molotov cocktails, massive tire bonfires, etc).
This is from AP two months ago "President Barack Obama says the U.S. is outraged by violence in Ukraine and is urging President Viktor Yanukovych (yah-noo-KOH'-vich) to withdraw forces from downtown Kiev immediately."
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