On the night of April 20, unknown people drove up to the checkpoint near the village of Bylbasovka at the entrance to Slavyansk in four SUVs. They opened fire on the militias . The leader of the people’s militia, the “people’s mayor” of Slavyansk, Vyacheslav Ponomarev, announced one dead and two wounded. At the same time, according to him, supporters of federalization liquidated and wounded up to seven attackers with return fire.
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,