Facebook Posting by Kirill Sazonov, Donets’k Political Science Expert, April 13, 2014, Translated from Russian by William Risch:

We’ll stand up for Ukraine and Donbass. So, guys and gals. It’s all worse than what we’d expected. It will be difficult. Girls – that’s it, there’s no more worth saying. Now, just for the guys. A battalion is being formed for defense. One under the Ukrainian army. It’s all legal. You need to leave town and get a uniform and automatic rifles (people who stopped by there today understand why this is important). Yes, there will be discipline and so on. Volunteers are sending Semen Semenchenko private messages, and if he doesn’t answer, send them to Basile d’Budic. Don’t send them to me, but to the commanders. I’m involved with evacuating your families, but I am betting that I’ll get it done and be in the rank-and-file with you when the…