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Ukrainian authorities reinstate conscription in a bid to deal with the deteriorating security situation in the country.

The Telegraph

Ukraine to restore conscription after admitting it has lost eastern front

Acting president announces move in response to occupation of power centres by pro-Russian gunmen Roland Oliphant in Donetsk

6:57PM BST 01 May 2014

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officers huddle for safety under their riot shields after pro-Russian
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Oleksandr Turchynov, the acting president, reintroduced compulsory military service in a decree signed on Thursday, a day after he admitted that security forces have effectively lost control of two eastern regions to a pro-Russian rebellion.

The decree cited “the rising force of armed pro-Russian units and the taking of public administration buildings... which threaten territorial integrity”.

Former President Viktor Yanukovych abolished conscription in 2013, as part of a reform aimed at switching to a professional military.

The announcement came after pro-Russian demonstrators in Donetsk seized control of the city’s prosecutor’s office, in the latest of nearly daily occupations of government buildings in the country’s east.
Rioters fought battles with police after a traditional May Day march in the city turned violent.
The interim government in Kiev has accused Russia of using its intelligence services to ferment the armed uprising that has taken effective control of parts of the Luhansk and Donetsk regions.
Earlier on Thursday Ukrainian authorities detained a Russian diplomat and ordered him to leave the country on suspicion of espionage.

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