Between 7,000 to 10,000 demonstrators gathered in the eastern Ukraine city of Donetsk. There protesters crowded into Lenin Square and raised Russian flags with the phrase “Donetsk Stands With Russia.”
RT @anti_maydan Донецк. Площадь Ленина #Крыму #Украины #Ukraine #антимайдан #малороссия #евромайдан #новороссия pic.twitter.com/yBYqqMF3U0
— Dušan Stanković (@DusanStankovic4) March 1, 2014
Многотысячный митинг-антимайдан на площади свободы сейчас #Харьков pic.twitter.com/N8HT6MAlXT
— АлексАндер МихайЛов (@belgorodmaster) March 1, 2014
Donetsk is a large industrial city, and there the pro-Russian protestors took over the city’s administration building. The use of small water cannons was not enough to keep the mob out, as they broke windows and literally ripped the doors off the building, dragging those inside, out into the streets.
#Харьков pic.twitter.com/3FyU5zVAs7
— АлексАндер МихайЛов (@belgorodmaster) March 1, 2014
Разъярённые горожане штурмуют центральный вход областной администрации #Харьков pic.twitter.com/gn8xSdWfz1
— АлексАндер МихайЛов (@belgorodmaster) March 1, 2014
Харьковский “Майдановец”, отбитый милицией у разъярённой толпы. #Харьков pic.twitter.com/zbwoz1guTc
— АлексАндер МихайЛов (@belgorodmaster) March 1, 2014
According to RT, as the Ukraine flags were taken down and Russian flags were raised above the building, small white flags of surrender were flown out the windows of the administration building. This tweet shows how protesters scaled the outside of buildings pulling down the Ukrainian flag and raising a Russian flag in its place.
Фото дня pic.twitter.com/4S5RyCLOIc
— Sputnik & Pogrom (@sputnikipogrom) March 1, 2014
Demonstrations are also being held in other cities as well. Thousands gathered with Russian and Soviet flags in Odessa, the third-largest city Ukraine. According to police, around 5,000 people took part in the gathering, while organizers insist there were up to 20,000.
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