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East Ukraine referendum raises fears of dismemberment
11:12 ¢ 11.05.14
Pro-Russian separatist leaders pressed a referendum on self-rule
across eastern Ukraine on Sunday that has raised fears in Kiev and the
West of civil war and dismemberment, Reuters reports.
Clashes flared anew on the outskirts of Slaviansk, the most heavily
defended rebel redoubt, as the first voters appeared at polling
stations, making their way through streets criss-crossed with
barricades of felled trees, tires and rusty machinery.
"I wanted to come as early as I could. We all want to live in our own
country," said Zhenya Denyesh, a 20-year-old student voting at a
three-storey concrete and glass university building.
Asked what he thought would come after the vote, he replied: "It will
still be war."
Ukrainian leader Oleksander Turchinov told pro-Russian eastern regions
on Saturday that if they move to secession it would be taking a step
into the abyss. He said such a move would destroy the economy of the
region, that produces 16 percent of Ukraine's GDP.
Kiev and the West accuse Moscow of engineering the crisis, portraying
the Ukrainian government as a body hostage to militant anti-Russian
nationalists, and backing the rebel fighters with special forces, an
allegation Moscow denies.
Armenian News - Tert.am
11:12 ¢ 11.05.14
Pro-Russian separatist leaders pressed a referendum on self-rule
across eastern Ukraine on Sunday that has raised fears in Kiev and the
West of civil war and dismemberment, Reuters reports.
Clashes flared anew on the outskirts of Slaviansk, the most heavily
defended rebel redoubt, as the first voters appeared at polling
stations, making their way through streets criss-crossed with
barricades of felled trees, tires and rusty machinery.
"I wanted to come as early as I could. We all want to live in our own
country," said Zhenya Denyesh, a 20-year-old student voting at a
three-storey concrete and glass university building.
Asked what he thought would come after the vote, he replied: "It will
still be war."
Ukrainian leader Oleksander Turchinov told pro-Russian eastern regions
on Saturday that if they move to secession it would be taking a step
into the abyss. He said such a move would destroy the economy of the
region, that produces 16 percent of Ukraine's GDP.
Kiev and the West accuse Moscow of engineering the crisis, portraying
the Ukrainian government as a body hostage to militant anti-Russian
nationalists, and backing the rebel fighters with special forces, an
allegation Moscow denies.
Armenian News - Tert.am