Tanks entered the territory of the south-east of Ukraine. However, it appears that the plans of the Kiev junta are not going to become real. The military either turn their vehicles back, or take the side of the people. Locals stand up as living shield on the roads not to let combat vehicles enter their towns. The soldiers, fortunately, side with the local population and hand over their weapons to local militia. In the town of Kramatorsk, the Donetsk People's Republic thus received its armored vehicles and paratroopers. The military refused to obey the order and decided to protect the civilians.
Miroslav Rudenko, a member of the Government of the People's Republic of Donetsk
"There is the headquarters, there is the military command. I can not expose many details as I do not belong either to law enforcement officers or the military, but I know the political and ideological situation. There is an element of spontaneity, as many are siding with the people, but this is inevitable in a revolution. We can handle it, we will establish law and order gradually. In Kramatorsk, they shot at unarmed people - at the people, who were going to the airfield to talk to soldiers. They were drawn into ambush and shot at."
