Battle for Kharkiv

7th April 2014, 8 p.m. In downtown Kharkiv, during the pr‑o-Russian rally held near the Regional State Administration, separatists expressed their distrust in the Kharkiv Regional Council and declared the creation of a “sovereign state” called “Kharkiv People’s Republic”. All the events that took place in Donetsk since March 2014 could have happened in Kharkiv as well. However, Kharkiv appeared to...