I decree: 1. Reassign myself as the Supreme Commander of the DNR, and all permanently stationed military units on the republic, including security, police, customs, border guards, prosecutors and paramilitary structures. 2. Entering into the territory of the DNR forces of the counter-terrorist operation (CTO) under Ukrainian rebels who are neo-Naz0 groups (the so-called "National Guard", the Right Sector," Lyashko's Battalion, etc.) are subject to detention and, in the case of armed resistance, will be destroyed on the spot. 3. Law enforcement agencies will prosecute the leaders of the Kyiv junta and other persons involved in instigating, organizing or perpetrating massacres in the territory of the DNR: Igor Kolomoisky, Valentyn Nalyvaichenko, Andriy Parubiy, Arsen Avakov, Yulia Tymoshenko, Oleksandr Turchynov, Arseniy Yatsenyuk, Oleh Lyashko, A. Artemenko, and US citizens John Brennan, Victoria Nuland, and Jen Psaki. 4. All the soldiers and officers of the armed forces, internal security forces, the Security Service, the Interior Ministry and other paramilitary structures of Ukraine from now on will be considered to be illegally within the territory of the DNR. Within 48 hours they are required to swear allegiance to the DNR or leave the country. All will come under the command of the DNR authorities and will be guaranteed the preservation of military and special ranks, salaries and social security (assuming nothing to do with the commission of serious and very serious crimes). 5. Given the urgency of the situation in the country, the Kiev junta unleashed genocide on the Donetsk population, and the threat of intervention by NATO, I refer to the Russian Federation with a request for military assistance to DNR. I. Strelkov
'Strelkov' has been described by Ukraine's security service as a Russian colonel and resident of Moscow. He is currently a target of European Union sanctions, and was named by the EU's Official Journal to be on the staff of the Russian foreign military intelligence agency (GRU), and a key figure involved in the military takeover of Crimea as an assistant on security matters to Sergei Aksyonov, Crimea's self-declared prime minister. This act comes a day after Donetsk' regional referendum, which was internationally condemned by western nations and the OSCE as illegitimate. Reports on the day of the poll showed evidence of mass voter fraud and intimidation. The run-up to the referendum involved the seizure of thousands of pre-filled ballots, and a tapped phone call released by the SBU which unveiled Russian involvement and premeditated fraud.
