Pro-Russian activists in Horlivka planning to seize local police building - media

11:16, 14.04.2014 1 min read

About 150 pro-Russian activists tried to enter a police building in the town of Horlivka in the Donetsk region on Monday morning, according to the Donbas News portal.

The police have barricaded themselves inside the building, the portal said.

The activists blocked Lenin Avenue, traffic there has stopped.

Several federalization supporters entered the Horlivka town council building last night, the report also said.

According to the Web site of the Donetsk-based "Municipal Newspaper" (mungaz.net), despite the rumors of plans to "clear Sloviansk of militants" the night passed by without incident.