Armed terrorists seize Donetsk city council

Gunmen took over the city council building in Donetsk.

The local media learnt it from a representative of the city council, TSN reports.

“Masked gunmen entered the building. They are on the ground floor and on the stairs. They say they won't harm the people inside the building and offer to stay at their workplaces. We are holding negotiations to figure out their demands and solve the situation,” he said.

Russian subversive groups and local separatists began to seize administration buildings in eastern Ukraine on April 6. They also take over security service offices and police stations that have armouries.

The Ukrainian authorities decided to launch an anti-terror operation in the country's east. Troops and military equipment were sent to the Donbass region.

The airport near Kramatork in the north of the Donetsk region, which had been seized by Russian saboteurs and separatists, was freed on April 15.

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