Russian flag raised outside Donetsk regional administration
1 March 2014, 17:13
People protesting against the new Ukrainian authorities have brought down Ukraine's national flag and replaced it with the Russian tricolor.
At the moment the square in front of the regional administration building is packed with people holding Russian flags.
The protesters elected Pavel Gubarev, the commander of the Donbass People's Militia, as the Donetsk region's new Governor.
For his part, he called on the demonstrators to set up a tent camp in the square in front of the regional administration.
Russian flag raised at regional administration building in Kharkov
Protesters in central Kharkov, the site of a rally to defend the city, have driven radicals from the regional administration building in Svoboda (or Freedom) Square.
The radicals had earlier seized the building. The ITAR-TASS news agency correspondent reports from Kharkov that a Russian flag has been hoisted over the Kharkov regional administration.
Meanwhile, several blasts have been resounded from inside the building, and it is currently claimed that automatic gunfire can also be heard.
Pro-Russian activists storm regional admin HQ in Kharkov
Gunshots were heard in and around the regional administration headquarters in Kharkov as, cheered by a crowd outside, pro-Russian activists rushed into the building on Saturday breaching a Maidan cordon, and hoisted the Russian and Kharkov flags above the front door.
Some people were injured, according to reports.
Sevastopol residents protest appointment by Kiev of new city police chief
Sevastopol residents are holding a rally outside the local police department to protest against the appointment by Kiev on Friday of a new Sevastopol police chief, the ITAR-TASS correspondent reports from Sevastopol.
Ukraine's new authorities fired the current Sevastopol police department chief, Alexander Poddubov, yesterday and appointed an alternative.
Taking part in the rally are members of the Russian Bloc Crimean party, as well as members of other organizations. The protesters are determined to prevent the new chief from entering the police department. Poddubov, meanwhile, is already in his office. Several members of a voluntary public order squad are helping protect the police department building.
Poddubov told those present that he was not about to quit and asked them to leave.
Voice of Russia, TASS, RIA, Interfax
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