Support for the Slavyansk separatists in Donetsk Two thousand protesters gathered on Sunday in front of Donetsk’s regional seat of government, which has been occupied by pro-Russian separatists for several days, to demand greater autonomy for eastern Ukraine. They also expressed support for separatists in Slavyansk, after a government "anti-terrorist" operation in which security forces attacked a police station that was seized by militants. Images and soundbites.