Supporters of the Donetsk Republic released the captured participants of the rally “For the Unity of Ukraine”
Donetsk, April 29 (Navigator, Victoria Litovchenko) – DPR supporters released five participants of the rally “For the Unity of Ukraine”, who were detained after the procession was dispersed.
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According to the Main Directorate of the Ministry of Internal Affairs in the Donetsk region, yesterday law enforcement officers received a message about the capture of several participants in the procession. A number of media outlets reported that pro-Ukrainian activists were in the regional state administration building, where they were being beaten and abused.
The police confirmed that the captured people were in a room near the Regional State Administration. During the negotiations, law enforcement officers ensured that DPR activists released the detained people. Currently, five participants in the procession are at home; none of them contacted the internal affairs authorities.
According to official information from the Main Directorate of the Ministry of Internal Affairs, during yesterday’s clash, 14 people on both sides were injured, four of them were hospitalized. The deputy head of the Donetsk city police department, Lieutenant Colonel Nikolai Kryuchenko, also received minor injuries, he grabbed an improvised explosive device thrown towards the column and threw it away so that no one was hurt, the GUMVD emphasized.
“Thanks to the correct actions of the police officers, more serious consequences of a clash between people with polar views were avoided,” the report says.
Law enforcement officers detained 8 aggressive participants in yesterday’s conflict. The issue of the legal qualification of their actions is being resolved.
As Navigator reported, yesterday a conflict occurred between participants of the rally for the unity of Ukraine and supporters of the “Donetsk People’s Republic”. According to the main version, young people with St. George ribbons, armed with bats and rebar, attacked people with Ukrainian symbols during the latter’s procession along the central street of the city. According to another version, the first to start a fight were the ultras, who allegedly walked at the head of a column of peaceful protesters.