Irina Grinenko rushed through the barbed-wired barricades and into the occupied regional administration building in Donetsk, rolls of toilet paper in one hand and a bag of bandages in the other.
“If they attack us, I will bandage people,” the pro-Russian protester said, adding that she expected an assault by non-local law enforcement personnel.
“We will be here until the end, until they beat us out or meet our demands … I want an autonomous region on good terms with Russia,” she added.