Tymoshenko leaves for Donetsk

11:05, 07.04.2014 1 min read

Yulia Tymoshenko, leader of the Batkivschyna party and former prime minister of Ukraine, has called on law enforcement officials to react appropriately to the events in Donetsk, saying she is urgently leaving for the city, which is located in southeastern Ukraine.

In a statement released by the Batkivschyna press service, Tymoshenko said the events in eastern Ukraine are regarded as "a seizure by separatists" of the buildings of the Donetsk and Kharkiv region's administrations and the Luhansk department of the Ukrainian Security Service.

Tymoshenko also said she is confident that the Russian special services are involved in these events, reiterating that they are looking to "annex the eastern part of Ukraine according to the Crimean scenario."

Tymoshenko has demanded that the authorities "take effective measures" and "prevent such events in the future."

"Not only the law, but also Ukrainian society is on your side now," she said.