Rubuta ci gaba don wannan sakin layi - A tsakiyar tashin hankali a gabashin da kudancin Ukraine, 'yan tawaye' yan tawaye sun kama
wani ofishin 'yan sanda a garin Sloviansk a ranar 13 ga Afrilu 2014. A lokacin da aka kama, Magajin Shtepa ya yi magana don tallafawa 'yan ta'adda, yana cewa su mazauna gida ne, kuma ta yarda cewa ya kamata a gudanar da kuri'ar raba gardama kan matsayin yankin Donbass. A wannan ranar, gwamnatin Ukraine ta kaddamar da wani aikin soja don dawo da gine-ginen gwamnati da 'yan bindiga masu goyon bayan Rasha suka mamaye a fadin yankin. Lokacin da aka fara wannan aikin, Shtepa ta ce ba ta goyon bayan 'yan tawaye ba, kuma cewa ayyukansu "zagaye ne". Ta ce ta yi kamar tana goyon bayansu ne kawai, a kokarin da ta yi na 'yantar da dimbin mutanen da aka yi garkuwa da su a cikin gine-ginen garin Sloviansk da' yan tawaye suka kwace. Dan gwagwarmayar 'yan tawaye Vyacheslav Ponomarev ya ayyana kansa a matsayin "magajin gari na mutane" na Sloviansk a ranar 14 ga Afrilu, a bayyane yake ya kwace Shetpa. A rana mai zuwa, ta ce mayakan Sloviansk "masu kore ne", wata magana ce ga sojojin Rasha da ba a san su ba wadanda suka kwace Crimea a gabanin hadewar ta da Rasha a watan Fabrairu-Maris 2014. Kwana biyu bayan haka, ta gaya wa 'yan jarida cewa mutane da yawa a garinta suna son ƙarin ikon mallaka ga gwamnatin yankin, amma fiye da kashi 75 cikin ɗari na mazaunan Sloviansk suna son kasancewa cikin Ukraine.