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 The removal of protesters from Independence Square in Kyiv will calm down part of the protesters in Donetsk, head of the Donetsk regional administration Serhiy Taruta believes.

“They are saying: you have double standards – they are allowed to do
it in Maidan, but we are not. One should agree with the patriots who are
staying in Maidan – let’s remove the Maidan from Khreschatyk and this
will immediately win many supporters in Donbass,” he said at the first
national unity roundtable in Kyiv on Wednesday.

“It is true that someone may find it unpleasant to hear that, but it should be done,” Taruta said.

He added that residents of Eastern Ukraine regard members of the
National Guard as Right Sector activists. “This should be taken into
account and something should be done that they would stop regarding them
as such,” Taruta said.