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The '''East Ukraine crisis''', also referred to as the '''uprising in eastern Ukraine''', is an ongoing crisis which began on April 6, 2014, when protesters seized a number of government buildings in the East Ukraine, namely in the Donetsk, Lugansk, and Kharkov regions.<ref>{{cite news|url=http://www.bbc.com/news/world-europe-27008054|title=BBC News - As it happened East Ukraine crisis|publisher=[[BBC News]]|date=2014-04-15}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|url=http://www.reuters.com/article/2014/04/14/ukraine-crisis-idUSL6N0N614A20140414|title=WRAPUP 8-Separatists tighten grip on east Ukraine, EU agrees more sanctions on Moscow|publisher=[[Reuters]]|date=2014-04-14}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|url=http://www.theguardian.com/world/2014/apr/14/ukraine-deadline-withdraw-cities-approaches|title=Ukraine crisis: Pro-Russia forces lay siege to official buildings in east – live|publisher=The Guardian|date=2014-04-14}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|url=http://rt.com/news/ukraine-donetsk-protest-russia-733|title=Pro-Russian protesters seize govt buildings in Ukraine's Donetsk, Lugansk and Kharkov|date=2014-04-06|publisher=[[Russia Today]]}}</ref>

== Timeline ==
* April 6
** Pro-Russian protesters seize the Donetsk regional state administration
** Protesters seize the building of the regional Security Service department in [[Lugansk]]<ref>{{cite news|url=http://www.kp.ru/online/news/1704083/|title=В Луганске митингующие захватили здание Службы безопасности Украины |publisher=[[Komsomolskaya Pravda]]|date=2014-04-06}}</ref>

* April 7
** People occupying the Donetsk RSA declare the [[Donetsk People's Republic]]
** People occupying the building of the [[Kharkiv]] RSA declare the [[Kharkiv People's Republic]]<ref>{{cite news|url=http://www.focus-fen.net/news/2014/04/07/332351/pro-russia-activists-declare-establishment-of-kharkiv-peoples-republic.html|title=Pro-Russia activists declare establishment of "Kharkiv people’s republic"|publisher=Focus Information Agency|date=2014-04-07}}</ref>

* April 8
** The Kharkiv RSA building is retaken by Ukrainian special forces.<ref>{{cite ref|url=http://www.kyivpost.com/content/ukraine/kharkiv-settles-down-while-pro-russian-separatists-still-hold-buildings-in-luhansk-donetsk-342517.html|title=Kharkiv settles down, while pro-Russian separatists still hold buildings in Luhansk, Donetsk|publisher=[[Kyiv Post]]|date=2014-04-08}}</ref>

* April 12
** Armed men seize the police station and the [[Slavyansk]] headquarters of the Ukrainian Security Service<ref name="kyivpost-armed-pro-russian" />
** Armed men seize the police station in [[Krasnyi Lyman]]<ref name="kyivpost-armed-pro-russian">{{cite news|url=http://www.kyivpost.com/content/ukraine/armed-pro-russian-extremists-seize-police-stations-in-donetsks-slavyansk-shaktarysk-fail-to-take-donetsk-prosecutors-office-343195.html|title=Armed pro-Russian extremists launch coordinated attacks in Donetsk Oblast, seize regional police headquarters, set up checkpoints (UPDATE)|date=2014-04-12|newspaper=[[Kyiv Post]]}}</ref>

* April 13
** De-facto acting President of Ukraine [[Oleksander Turchinov]] in his address to the nation gives the protesters until 6 in the morning to disarm. If they don't, a "full-scale anti-terrorist operation" will be launched. Turchinov also states that Russia was behind the events and called on the West for help in "preventing a civil war".<ref>{{cite news|url=http://www.rte.ie/news/2014/0413/608567-ukraine/|title=Ukraine gives separatists deadline to disarm|publisher=[[RTÉ News]]|date=2014-04-13}}</ref>

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