#AceWorldNews – LUGANSK- April 09 – There are no hostages inside the building of Ukraine’s Security Service department here; the premises have not been mined, Artyom, one of protesters who is inside the building has told Itar-Tass by telephone.
“Our commanders went out into the street and told people there that we can show every room to journalists and those wishing to check this up for them to see for themselves that we have no hostages here and that everything here is done voluntarily,” Artyom pointed out.
The interlocutor specified that there are only several tens of people in the building: “Paratroopers, Chernobyl veterans, mineworkers, businessmen, and jobless”.
One of commanders who is inside the building of the Lugans department of SBU (Security Service of Ukraine) has told Itar-Tass by telephone that they are holding talks with official representatives of Ukraine’s new authorities: “We are holding talks with Parubiy (Andrei Parubiy, parliament-appointed acting Secretary of SNBO (National Security and Defence CouncilNote by Itar-Tass). We shall see what will come about next”.
A report to the effect that there were hostages inside the building of the Lugansk department of SBU and that the building was mined was placed by the SBU on its website on April 8.