Ukraine crisis: What now?
April, 14, 2014
Jonathan Marcus
http://www.bbc.com/news/world-europe-27022419
Tensions are at their highest in Sloviansk, in Donetsk region, where armed men seized a police station and other government buildings on 12 April and have since declared themselves to be part of a new "Donetsk People's Republic". Pro-Russian militia completely surrounded the town with checkpoints and there have been fatal clashes. It is, like many cities in the east, a mainly industrial town, and has a population of around 130,000. It is 100km (60 miles) from Donetsk and just 15km (9 miles) from Kramatorsk, which has also seen buildings seized by armed men of military-style appearance and organisation.
A group of camouflaged men armed with automatic weapons stormed a police headquarters in the city late on Saturday and have since built a barricade to prevent it being recaptured. Nato said the military appearance and organisation of the armed men indicated Russian military involvement. It is 70km (45 miles) north of the region's administrative centre Donetsk. Another city with industry and engineering at its heart, a wind turbine production facility was opened in the city a few years ago.
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