Oleksandr Turchynov urgently convened officials the law enforcement and defense ministries and agencies due to the troubling events in Eastern Ukraine this Sunday, as reported by Ukrainska Pravda.

Oleksandr Turchynov, Acting President of Ukraine, Chairman of the Verkhovna Rada, urgently canceled his visit to Lithuania. Turchynov should have taken part in the Conference of Speakers of Parliaments of the European Union. The acting President convened an urgent meeting of the heads of the law enforcement and defense ministries and agencies. He took the urgent situation that occurred in Donetsk and Lugansk Oblasts due to separatist demonstrations and violent clashes under his personal control.

Separatist Demonstration in Donetsk