One day after Ukraine's acting President Oleksandr Turchynov conceded defeat in the East, the city of Donetsk appears to have totally succumbed to armed separatists.
Turchynov admitted as much on Wednesday saying that “it is hard to accept but it’s the truth. The majority of law enforcers in the east are incapable of performing their duties."
The BBC is reporting that hundreds of men have swarmed the Donetsk prosecutor's office and are fending off riot police, in rather demeaning ways:
Final humiliation. Defeated #Donetsk riot police now just in caps run gauntlet of angry crowd pic.twitter.com/4wAShcRUzD
— James Mates (@jamesmatesitv) May 1, 2014
Riot police in the courtyard using Roman tactics. Didn't help much. pic.twitter.com/H0KVY5u3Rb
— Olaf Koens (@obk) May 1, 2014Medics : 6 injured in clashes at #Donetsk prosecutor's office. Armed separatists seize building. France 24 team safe pic.twitter.com/50sR24WWSD
— Douglas Herbert (@dougf24) May 1, 2014#Ukraine#Donetsk The police chiefs jacket just went up in flames pic.twitter.com/dV2AAx0fjJ
— Steiner (@Steiner1776) May 1, 2014 Russia still denies stirring unrest in east Ukraine, where pro-Russia separatists have been occupying government buildings in different cities for several weeks.
Still, even before the unrest broke out in Donetsk today, Ukrainian officials said they will eject a Russian military attaché from the country for engaging in "intelligence activities."
The Ukrainian Foreign Ministry hasn't yet named the individual, but said he was taken into custody on Wednesday and has been ordered to leave the country.
The Ministry issued a statement on the incident, saying "the military-naval attaché of the embassy of the Russian Federation in Ukraine is declared persona non grata in connection with his actions, which are not in accordance with his diplomatic status."