![Kiev orders ‘state protection’ of protester-held govt HQ in Donetsk Kiev orders ‘state protection’ of protester-held govt HQ in Donetsk](https://mtic.us/wp-content/uploads/2014/04/tanks-310x168.jpg)
Ukraine’s coup-imposed president Aleksandr Turchinov has ordered the protester-held local govt HQ in Donetsk to be taken under “state protection” as armed personnel and armored vehicles have been reported moving into the eastern region of Ukraine. According to a decree signed by Turchinov, the local administration building in Donetsk and surrounding territory is an “important government facility, which is a subject to state protection.”