The area was quietly occupied by so-called little green men, armed men in military trucks who came at night, with no insignia, so that even pro-Russian activists did not understand what was happening.
Området blev diskret besat af såkaldte "små bevæbnede grønne mænd", i militærlastbiler som kom om natten uden kendetegn så selv pro-russiske aktører ikke forstod hvad der skete.