Photo fact: special SBU unit Alfa arrives in Donetsk

Mass riots started in Donetsk earlier. Pro-Russian protesters seized the building of the regional administration and declared the independence of ‘Donetsk Republic’. Similar actions were organized in Kharkiv and Lugansk. ‘An anti-crisis headquarters was created in Kiev to restore the order and heads of the security service left for East Ukraine. The Ukrainian authorities are trying to avoid bloodshed. 

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