MOSCOW - An "anti-terrorist operation" launched Sunday morning in the town of Slavyansk in the Donetsk region, acting Ukrainian Interior Minister Arsen Avakov wrote on his Facebook account.
"Units from all law enforcement agencies of the country are being used [in the operation]," Avakov wrote. "God is with us!"
Armed men in masks and unmarked camouflage uniforms stormed and seized administrative buildings and police stations in Slavyansk and at least two other towns in the coal mining region of Donetsk. In Slavyansk they captured scores of weapons in the police station and distributed them to local separatist activists, UNIAN news agency reported. A Russian national flag was raised over the police station, the report said.
Ukraine authorities blamed Russia for being behind the chain of coordinated attacks across the region. The Russian Foreign Ministry denied involvement in a statement posted on its official website on Saturday.
Several cars with loudspeakers were circling the center of Slavyansk broadcasting a call for the residents to join the armed separatists, Novosti Donbassa, a regional internet publication reported. "Slavyansk, rise!" the appeal was reported as saying. "People, come out to the town administration building!"
Ukraine army units and armored vehicles were seen approaching the town Sunday morning, according to Novosti Donbassa.
Sounds of automatic fire and grenade explosions were heard in the center of the town, Ukrainskaya Pravda, a liberal online publication reported, quoting a Twitter message from a local resident.
The Russian Foreign Ministry warned Ukraine authorities Saturday night against peaceful protests in the south-east of Ukraine in a statement on its official website posted on Saturday.
In his Facebook post on Saturday night Avakov called the events "the manifestation of an aggression on the part of the Russian Federation."
sergei.loiko@latimes.com
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