Ukraine Introduced State of Emergency due to Blockade of Donbass by Radicals

The Ukrainian government introduced a state of emergency because of the crisis in the energy sector, caused by the Ukrainian radicals that block the delivery of coal to Ukraine from Donbass by railroad. Rada lawmaker Vladimir Parasyuk urged to physically destroy the leader of the "Ukrainian choice" movement and Kiev representative at the talks in Minsk, Viktor Medvedchuk. He also promised to strengthen the blockade of freight traffic on the demarcation line. Radicals didn’t understand premiere Groisman's pleas to lift the blockade, because most of all, it harms the residents of Ukraine. Our war correspondent Alexander Sladkov reports from Donbass about the reasons of the conflict. Donetsk People's Republic. Yasinovataya Station, the largest transportation hub. You can travel here with comfort from the neighboring Lugansk People's Republic for a hundred rubles, or reach the Russian border for fifty rubles. Passenger train Lugansk-Yasinovataya has just arrived, people, platform, about the same as usual. Although the front line is near here, look. On the neighboring rail tracks, there are wagons with coal. They are more than a thousand. Twenty five trains. We see the usual pattern of Ukraine's behavior, which has been formed as the result of the events in 2014. Since Friday, there has been a complete stop, interruption of goods traffic to and from the territory of Ukraine Donbass is in complete railway blockade for the fifth day. It’s an initiative of the Kiev radicals. Giant plants of Ukrainian businessmen will stop next week because of this act. They will stay without coal, without ore. In Donetsk on Wednesday, a rally was held near the OSCE building. The OSCE Mission doesn't fulfill its obligations! They openly show that they support Kiev. They pretend not to see tanks and artillery which shell our houses! It must be said that here people see the OSCE functions, their working methods and results with irony. In some eye glasses shops, there are even signs “100% discount for OSCE”. It’s also an element of irony. Or such signs and drawings hinting at the OSCE poor eyesight. The campaign, by the way, is called "OSCE, open your eyes" OSCE, open your eyes! OSCE, open your eyes! The mission members didn’t hide and came out to the people. The activists were invited to the residence of the OSCE mission for an explanation. In the morning, our patrols go to the bombardment sites. Of course, there are places where we don’t go, because there are active hostilities. Since this is an unarmed civil mission, which doesn't have weapons... This is illogical! In areas where there are no combat operations, there is no shooting! So where do your patrols go? Register the destruction that was there! — Mention it in your reports! Let's go right now! — Alright, I'll go with you. As a result, after the campaign, the OSCE patrol went to Petrovka, to the outskirts of the city, to register the destruction which hadn’t been mentioned before. It didn’t affect the general situation.