Posted on 04/29/2014 3:41:50 AM PDT by WhiskeyX
Wielding pipes, iron bars and clubs, Kremlin-backed activists broke up a pro-Ukrainian rally in the city of Donetsk on April 28, leaving at least 10 people injured.
Journalists reported that the pro-Russian men were dressed in military fatigues, and armed with baseball bats and threw firecrackers while attacking a “United Ukraine” demonstration as police failed to stop the one-sided violence....
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Polls show that the vast majority of residents in southeastern Ukraine, including in Donetsk, do not want to join Russia or break away from Ukraine.
(Excerpt) Read more at kyivpost.com ...
not honoring the hashtag. who’d a-thunk it?
More meaningless sanctions in 5, 4, 3....
That's why the Russians had to break it up with violence.
Most folks in Donetsk don't want to be annexed by Russia.
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