Pro-federalization protesters in Gorlovka, Donetsk region, occupied the building of the local Ministry of Internal Affairs and appointed a new chief of the local police. One of the self-defense activists, who spoke to the protesters, said that the battalion of the city patrol service (PPS) had gone over to the side of the protesters.
On the same day in Gorlovka, protesters occupied the building of the city council and the Center for Administrative Services.