Protest expands in eastern Ukraine as Kiev threatens military op — RT News
Protest expands in eastern Ukraine as Kiev threatens military op — RT News:
Gorlovka is an eastern Ukrainian city with a population of more than 250,000 inhabitants. The activists apparently spent the night in City Hall and proceeded to take over the police HQ on Monday morning
Troops holding the HQ barricaded in as a crowd of several hundred people gathered outside, according to footage from the scene. At one point they opened fire and used stun grenades, when the protesters tried to raise a Russian flag on the entrance to the building.
The person trying to set the flag atop the entrance roof was pushed down and broke his arm. The flag was taken down right after it was raised.
The angered protesters threw a Molotov cocktail in apparent retaliation, but the fire was quickly extinguished. They later forced their way and demanded that the defenders of the building surround their weapon and leave.
