In Slavyansk, local residents blocked roads and surrounded the military (PHOTO)
Slavyansk, May 02 (Navigator, Victoria Litovchenko) – In Slavyansk, local residents gather around checkpoints to prevent military equipment from entering the city.
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Users of social networks report this. According to Komsomolskaya Pravda correspondent Dmitry Steshin, in the Andreevka area local residents blocked 5 armored personnel carriers.
People are trying to persuade the military to hand over their weapons. The security forces say that their plans do not include taking the city. Help for the militia arrives from Kramatorsk to Slavyansk.
As Navigator reported, Ukrainian security forces began an assault on the city at 4:30, firing at checkpoints and storming the heights near the television center. The militia shot down, according to unofficial information, three helicopters.
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