Armed men dressed in camouflage clothing have seized a police station in eastern Ukraine, officials say.
Police said the gang fired shots and used stun grenades to seize the offices in Sloviansk, near the Russian border.
Interior Minister Arsen Avakov called the gunmen "terrorists" and said special forces would repel the attack.
Pro-Russian protesters have taken over government buildings throughout eastern Ukraine. Kiev says the unrest is being orchestrated from Moscow.
Protesters in the eastern city of Donetsk, 130km (80 miles) from Sloviansk, have been occupying government buildings for days and demanding a referendum on becoming part of Russia.
A similar move prompted a Russian takeover of Ukraine's Crimea region earlier this year.
БиБиСИ не может никак определиться. Тут вам и указание на близость Славянска к российским границам; и "дирижирование" Москвой захвата зданий, правда с оговоркой, что так заявляет Киев; и откровенное невладение инфой по требованиям - референдум по присоединению к России у них, видите ли...
Но я их совсем не виню. На украине чОрт ногу сломит щас.
Police said the gang fired shots and used stun grenades to seize the offices in Sloviansk, near the Russian border.
Interior Minister Arsen Avakov called the gunmen "terrorists" and said special forces would repel the attack.
Pro-Russian protesters have taken over government buildings throughout eastern Ukraine. Kiev says the unrest is being orchestrated from Moscow.
Protesters in the eastern city of Donetsk, 130km (80 miles) from Sloviansk, have been occupying government buildings for days and demanding a referendum on becoming part of Russia.
A similar move prompted a Russian takeover of Ukraine's Crimea region earlier this year.
БиБиСИ не может никак определиться. Тут вам и указание на близость Славянска к российским границам; и "дирижирование" Москвой захвата зданий, правда с оговоркой, что так заявляет Киев; и откровенное невладение инфой по требованиям - референдум по присоединению к России у них, видите ли...
Но я их совсем не виню. На украине чОрт ногу сломит щас.