On the night of April 23-24, 2014 in Mariupol (Donetsk region) a group of national radicals numbering about 30 people, armed with pistols, bats and pieces of rebar, broke into the city council building, which was controlled by supporters of federalization. The militants beat the unarmed people who were in it and staged a pogrom. 5 people were seriously injured.
Source: White Paper of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the Russian Federation (2nd edition)
14 April 2014
In Mariupol, protesters took control of the City Council building, announced its dissolution and elected 75 “people’s” deputies, who have already started work. They also seized
