2014 East Ukraine crisis

The East Ukraine crisis, also referred to as the uprising in eastern Ukraine, is an ongoing crisis which began on April 6, 2014, when protesters seized a number of government buildings in the East Ukraine, namely in the Donetsk, Lugansk, and Kharkov regions.

Timeline

• April 6
  • Pro-Russian protesters seize the Donetsk regional state administration
  • Protesters seize the building of the regional Security Service department in Lugansk

• April 7
  • People occupying the Donetsk RSA declare the Donetsk People's Republic
  • People occupying the building of the Kharkiv RSA declare the Kharkiv People's Republic

• April 8
  • The Kharkiv RSA building is retaken by Ukrainian special forces.

• April 12
  • Armed men seize the police station and the Slavyansk headquarters of the Ukrainian Security Service
  • Armed men seize the police station in Krasnyi Lyman

• April 13
  • De-facto acting President of Ukraine Oleksander Turchinov in his address to the nation gives the protesters until 6 in the morning to disarm. If they don't, a "full-scale anti-terrorist operation" will be launched. Turchinov also states that Russia was behind the events and called on the West for help in "preventing a civil war".

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