The self-proclaimed "people's governor" of Donetsk, Pavlo Gubarev, on Thursday threatened "total annihilation" of Ukrainian armed forces moved into Donetsk region if Kyiv did not pull them away from "the cities of Donbas" within one hour.
Earlier, Myroslav Rudenko, co-leader of the “Donetsk People’s
Republic,” confirmed that the latter had demanded that the Ukrainian
forces leave Donbas by 9 p.m. on May 15.
“There remains one hour for the Ukrainian invaders to fulfill the
terms of the ultimatum – to remove the illegal checkpoints and pull
their troops and weapons away from the cities of Donbas. Otherwise there
will be total annihilation of everyone – both the weapons and the
personnel of the fascists!” Gubarev said on Facebook.
The self-proclaimed “Donetsk People’s Republic” was going over to
martial law, he said. “We use all resources to help the People’s Militia
army annihilate the Ukrainian invaders who have come to our land!” he
said.
“It is true that at 9 p.m. yesterday our military presented Ukraine
with an ultimatum, demanding that it withdraw its troops from Donbas
within 24 hours. If that doesn’t happen, our military may force them to
do so,” Rudenko told Interfax-Ukraine.
