![“No to war!” Thousands of miners protest Kiev’s crackdown on E. Ukraine “No to war!” Thousands of miners protest Kiev’s crackdown on E. Ukraine](https://mtic.us/wp-content/uploads/2014/06/3-310x168.jpg)
The coal miners of the Donetsk region have stayed away from work and marched in downtown Donetsk against Kiev’s military campaign against Ukrainian citizens, which has already killed over 250 civilians, according to the UN. A rally on Donetsk’s central Lenin Square initially attracted about 1,000 people.