Rubuta ci gaba ga wannan sakin layi - Ya ayyana kansa magajin gari bayan jagorancin wani hari
a kan ofishin magajin garin Sloviansk a ranar 14 ga Afrilu, 2014, a matsayin wani ɓangare na rikici na 2014 a Ukraine. Ponamarev babban mai adawa ne da gwamnatin Ukraine da aka kafa a Kiev bayan juyin juya halin Ukraine na 2014, kuma ya kira shi a matsayin fascist. Ya yi iƙirarin cewa gwamnatin haɗin gwiwa a Kiev ana gudanar da ita ta "Nazi" da "homosexuals". Ponomaryov ya bayyana cewa zai yi duk abin da zai iya don hana zaben shugaban kasa na Ukraine na 2014 faruwa.