DONETSK, April 21, /ITAR-TASS/. Federalization supporters in Kramatorsk, a city in the Donetsk region in Eastern Ukraine, on Monday took control of the city department of Ukraine’s Security Service, the local media reports.

A group of armed men in camouflage arrived at the SBU building. After negotiations with a duty officer who was alone because of the Easter holiday, they took control of the SBU department and hang out the flag of the Donetsk People’s Republic at the gates.

Earlier on Monday, unidentified persons took control of the city police department.