{"id":11460,"date":"2014-04-30T22:24:20","date_gmt":"2014-04-30T22:24:20","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/uacrisis.org\/?p=2350"},"modified":"2014-06-20T08:08:04","modified_gmt":"2014-06-20T06:08:04","slug":"2350-dotnetsk-activists","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/uacrisis.org\/en\/2350-dotnetsk-activists","title":{"rendered":"Donetsk Activists: The Government is Pushing Donetsk Towards a Civil War, Which Has In Fact Already Begun"},"content":{"rendered":"

Kyiv, 30 April 2014 \u2013 Pro-Ukrainian movement in the East of Ukraine is at risk and in need of immediate support from the central government. This concern was voiced by Oleg Saaknyan and Kateryna Kirilova, participants of the \u201cDonetsk is Ukraine\u201d movement and organizers of the biggest pro-Ukrainian rallies in Donetsk. Among other things, the activists demand effective protection of the East Ukraine residents by law enforcement bodies, presence of national mass media in conflict zones and assistance to local self-defense units.<\/p>\n

According to Oleg Saakyan, \u201cthe civil movement has been consistently active, beginning with the first demonstration on March 4 which brought together 2500 demonstrators.\u201d The activists also organized a rally on March 5 and a demonstration on March 13 during which tragic events took place resulting in the death of Dmytro Chernyavskyi. At the same time, the public activists said that according to their information, 7 people died on March 13 2014.<\/p>\n

The Activists explain that suppression and distortion of information is the result of cooperation of law enforcement bodies and local government with the separatist groups. \u201cEvery day we hold demonstration in support of Ukraine, but the police accuse us of being agitators, pushing us into traffic, forcing us to take off our Ukrainian symbols and saying that they want federation and Russia,\u201d said Kateryna Kirilova, \u201cAfter peaceful demonstrators were attacked on Monday, April 28, the police and mass media said there were only 200 attackers although we have videos proving that there were more than 2000 of them.\u201d Also, the activists say that the mass media do not provide adequate coverage of pro-Ukrainian rallies in the Donetsk region making it seem as if pro-Ukrainian population of the east is not active at all.<\/p>\n

Public activists say that more permits to own firearms have been issued in the Donetsk region over the last week than in the last two years. Permits are being issued to members of separatist groups, while pro-Ukrainian self-defense members cannot obtain any. Armed separatists build checkpoints and search drivers. According to Kateryna Kirilova, separatist groups do not react to the counter-terrorism operation: \u201cUkrainian counter-terrorism operation is happening only on paper or on Facebook.\u201d<\/p>\n

According to the activists, because of Russia\u2019s actions and the inactivity of the Ukrainian government Donetsk today is on the verge of a civil war. Oleg Saakyan says that while Ukraine lost Crimea painlessly, clashes have already begun in Donetsk between separatists and pro-Ukrainian activists. \u201cThere are people in Donetsk that take to the streets despite the danger to prove that Donetsk is a part of Ukraine. Now we can say that while yesterday the forefront of confrontation was in Kyiv, today it is in Donetsk. Today we urge the government and all citizens of Ukraine to take active action, because if Donetsk is lost, the destructive process will spread across Ukraine.\u201d<\/p>\n

Oleg Saakyan and Kateryna Kirilova are public activists, members of the \u201cDonetsk is Ukraine\u201d movement. The organized and took part in a number of demonstrations in Donetsk, including the \u201cDonetsk is Ukraine\u201d rally on April 28, 2014.<\/p>\n

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