The self-proclaimed “people’s governor” of Donetsk, Pavlo Gubarev, on

Thursday threatened “total annihilation” of Ukrainian armed forces moved

into Donetsk region if Kyiv did not pull them away from “the cities of

Donbas” within one hour.

Earlier, Myroslav Rudenko, co-leader of the “Donetsk People’s

Republic,” confirmed that the latter had demanded that the Ukrainian

forces leave Donbas by 9 p.m. on May 15.