Dear friends!

Russia has carried out an act of aggression towards Ukraine. Russian troops have entered Crimea. Thus we take it upon ourselves to inform you about the events in Ukraine. We will provide you with yet another viewpoint regarding this conflict. We will do our best to remain fair and objective.

April 8 – Donetsk Mayor Oleksandr Lukyanchenko has stated that separatists are cutting off gas supply, burn down cars and try to build barricades with trolleybuses. Officers of the Security Service of Ukraine (SSU) have returned to the premises of SSU Department in Donetsk oblast. The building was previously occupied by separatists.

April 8 – Separatists, who are blocked in the SSU building in Luhansk have stated that they are planning to establish the “parliament of Luhansk Republic”. Luhansk separatists have planted mines in the SSU building and captured 60 hostages, informs SSU.

April 8 – Separatists armed with bats, stones and bricks have attacked the busses transporting militia officers in Kharkiv.

April 8 – Supreme Council of Ukraine has approved increased responsibility for crimes committed against national security and calls for separatism aiming to change existing territorial limits or state borders of Ukraine.

April 8 – Russia is preparing for a second stage of the invasion of Ukraine – “…aggravation of separatist movement and participation of Russian citizens in unlawful activities demonstrate the intention to implement a second stage of the occupation of Ukraine, informs the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Ukraine.

April 8 – Supreme Council of Ukraine has voted for a Law “On Reinstating the Trust in Judiciary System”. This Law provides for the reinstatement of trust in judiciary system in Ukraine and for proper not formal lustration of judicial establishment.

April 8 – Engagement of Russian troops on Ukrainian mainland is expected during the night of April 8-9th. In addition pro-Russian activists have been instructed to organize “bloody” provocations, informs the leader of the group “Information Resistance” Dmytro Tymchuk.

Maidan Community Sector, Lviv: Dear friends!

Russia has carried out an act of aggression towards Ukraine. Russian troops have entered Crimea. Thus we take it upon ourselves to inform you about the events in Ukraine. We will provide you with yet another viewpoint regarding this conflict. We will do our best to remain fair and objective.

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