‘This is war,’ Ukraine declares as mob ignores ultimatum to surrender, takes police chief prisoner
DONETSK — A pro-Russian mob on Monday seized a police building in yet another city in Russian-leaning eastern Ukraine and took the police chief prisoner, defying government warnings that it was preparing to act against the insurgents.
Dozens of angry men hurled rocks, smashed the windows and broke into a police station in the city of Horlivka not far from the border with Russia, while hundreds of onlookers cheered them on. Thick white smoke rose from the entrance to the building, from which the insurgents hoisted the Russian flag.
The seizure came after Ukraine’s acting president described his country’s confrontation with Russia as a “war” and sent in troops to drive out suspected Russian soldiers from the east of the country.
Oleksandr Turchynov made a televised address in which he told the nation Sunday that it was at war with Russia after pro-Russian forces took over government buildings and a Ukrainian security officer was killed by militia.
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