Ukraine to restore conscription after admitting it has lost eastern front
Acting president announces move in response to occupation of power centres by pro-Russian gunmen Roland Oliphant in Donetsk
Police
officers huddle for safety under their riot shields after pro-Russian
activists overran the prosecutor's office in Donetsk (GETTY IMAGES)
Oleksandr
Turchynov, the acting president, reintroduced compulsory military
service in a decree signed on Thursday, a day after he admitted that
security forces have effectively lost control of two eastern regions to a
pro-Russian rebellion.
The decree
cited “the rising force of armed pro-Russian units and the taking of
public administration buildings... which threaten territorial
integrity”.
Former President Viktor
Yanukovych abolished conscription in 2013, as part of a reform aimed at
switching to a professional military.
The
announcement came after pro-Russian demonstrators in Donetsk seized
control of the city’s prosecutor’s office, in the latest of nearly daily
occupations of government buildings in the country’s east.
Rioters fought battles with police after a traditional May Day march in the city turned violent.
The interim government in Kiev has accused Russia of using its intelligence services to ferment the armed uprising that has taken effective control of parts of the Luhansk and Donetsk regions.
Earlier on Thursday Ukrainian authorities detained a Russian diplomat and ordered him to leave the country on suspicion of espionage.
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Rioters fought battles with police after a traditional May Day march in the city turned violent.
The interim government in Kiev has accused Russia of using its intelligence services to ferment the armed uprising that has taken effective control of parts of the Luhansk and Donetsk regions.
Earlier on Thursday Ukrainian authorities detained a Russian diplomat and ordered him to leave the country on suspicion of espionage.
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