Protesters seize buildings in Luhansk
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DEMONSTRATORS seeking more power for Ukraine’s regions stormed the government building in Luhansk with baseball bats yesterday, seizing control of a key site in one of the largest cities in Ukraine’s troubled east.
The action further raises tensions in the east, where insurgents have seized control of police stations and other government buildings in at least 10 cities and towns.
The demonstrators who seized the building are seeking, at the very least, a referendum on granting greater authority to Ukraine’s regions. Eastern Ukraine, which has a large Russian-speaking population, was the heartland of support for former president Viktor Yanukovych. The government that replaced him in Kiev has resisted those demands so far, fearing they could lead to a breakup of the country or more regions — like Crimea — being annexed by Russia.
About 150 people, some masked and wielding baseball bats, broke out of the 1,000-odd crowd and charged into the building without resistance. Luhansk, a city of about 450,000, is just 25 kilometers from Russia’s border.
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