Pro-Russia protesters occupy regional government in Ukraine's Donetsk, many wounded in clashes, refe - Polidicks

[IMG]http://s1.reutersmedia.net/resources/r/?m=02&d=20140301&t=2&i=851008888&w=580&fh=&fw=&ll=&pl=&r=CBREA2019M800[/IMG] [QUOTE](Reuters) - Dozens of people were hurt in clashes on Saturday when pro-Russia activists stormed the regional government's headquarters in the eastern Ukrainian city of Kharkiv and raised the Russian flag, local media said. The UNIAN news agency said thousands of people had gathered outside the building during a protest against the country's new leaders who ousted President Viktor Yanukovich a week ago. The violence signaled that Ukraine's new leaders could face a challenge in mainly Russian-speaking regions that oppose the largely pro-Western course charted by the newly installed government. The leaders of Crimea, a Black Sea peninsula with an ethnic Russian majority that is home to a Russian naval base, say they have joined forces with Russian servicemen to exert control over key buildings. Russian parliament has approved a proposal by President Vladimir Putin to deploy troops in Ukraine. Protests against the new authorities also took place on Saturday in other cities, including Odessa, Dnipro and Donetsk, Yanukovich's home town and power base. The Russian flag was raised over the regional government building in Donetsk by several thousand pro-Russia activists waving the Russian tricolour and chanting "Russia! Russia!, witnesses said.[/QUOTE] [url]http://www.reuters.com/article/2014/03/01/us-ukraine-crisis-kharkiv-idUSBREA200LU20140301[/url] [QUOTE]There have been large pro-Russian demonstrations in many eastern and southern cities since Saturday, frequently ending with Russian flags raised at regional government buildings. Kiev blames Moscow for organizing the demonstrations and sending Russian citizens across the frontier to stage them. A protest in the eastern city of Kharkiv turned bloody on Saturday, with scores of people hurt in clashes when pro-Moscow demonstrators wielding chains and axe handles seized the regional government building. Kharkiv was quiet on Monday. In Donetsk, a Reuters photographer said several hundred protesters, waving Russian flags and shouting "Putin, come!", had managed to enter the regional government building through a side door after confronting police who guarded the main entrance. Windows were broken on the second floor as protesters tried to get to higher floors. The Donetsk protest leader, Pavel Gubarev, demanded the parliament in Kiev be declared illegitimate, a pro-Russian governor be accepted in Donetsk and all security forces be put under regional command. The Donetsk regional authorities have already voted to hold a referendum on the status of the region, which Kiev has branded illegal. The pro-Russian demonstrators say the referendum should be held on March 30.[/QUOTE] [url]http://money.msn.com/business-news/article.aspx?feed=OBR&date=20140303&id=17397946[/url] [video=youtube;ao0Gjf5UERk]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ao0Gjf5UERk[/video] Protesters storming through the gates: [url]https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AMDYy2bTGMg[/url]

Seems pretty big yet no one is commenting on it. If support is strong for the Russians here, Ukraine might stand to loose more than just Crimea.

now who is the vocal minority threatening the soylent majority?

[QUOTE=mdeceiver79;44112090]Seems pretty big yet no one is commenting on it. If support is strong for the Russians here, Ukraine might stand to loose more than just Crimea.[/QUOTE] Worst case scenario would be Russia occupying Donetsk, Kharkov and Luhansk.

[QUOTE=mdeceiver79;44112090]Seems pretty big yet no one is commenting on it. If support is strong for the Russians here, Ukraine might stand to loose more than just Crimea.[/QUOTE] Donetsk region is very pro-Russian. There're a lot of ethnic Russians there as well, but not as much, and even ethnic Ukrainians there are pretty pissed about the whole affair with revolution. Donetsk depends on Kiev's monetary support from central budget, even despite it being one of the "industrial", to be precise - mining regions. They're eyeing the perspective of being in very deep shit very soon and have been pushing for proper federalism for quite a while. [editline]3rd March 2014[/editline] [b]Unknown armed soldiers in Donetsk 03.03.14[/b] [media]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wl7NzO8_J0Q[/media] [url=http://facepunch.com/showthread.php?t=1371869]From this thread[/url]