The “People’s Mayor” of Slavyansk V. Ponomarev said at a press conference that in the punitive operation in the South-East of Ukraine, the Kyiv authorities are using mercenaries from the Polish private military company “Analizy Systemowe Bartlomiej Sienkiewicz” (ASBS, OTHAGO), from the American private security company ” Greystone”, as well as from the American firm “Academi”.
Source: White Book of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the Russian Federation (2nd edition)
12 April 2014
Supporters of federalization occupied administrative buildings in three cities of the Donetsk region – Slavyansk, Krasny Liman and Kramatorsk. In Slovyansk, protesters occupied the city council,