You're reading: National Public Radio: Between friends, family and country, Ukranian police lie low

 At occupied government buildings in eastern Ukraine, there is plenty of razor wire, sandbags and Molotov cocktails. One thing is conspicuously absent, though — law enforcement. When protests in Eastern Ukraine started on Sunday, police were everywhere. The forces protecting a government building stood shoulder-to-shoulder in riot gear as protesters pounded on their shields. Protesters eventually broke through, taking over government buildings in three eastern cities.

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