Siumar: Police not ready to shoot to kill

 The law enforcement agencies are not ready to use weapons against those who seize administrative buildings, NSDC Deputy Secretary Viktoria Siumar told reporters on Tuesday in Donetsk.

"The threat to life and health is very serious, and we see that in fact the law enforcement agencies are not ready to act, that is to shoot to kill when protecting the objects," Siumar noted.

According to her, the terrorists attack telecommunications facilities in large groups, therefore it is difficult to resist. "We, of course, had warned about the dangers of relevant and related plans, gave the addresses of all the objects, they had been taken under protection. Unfortunately, this protection was not enough, because the terrorists capture telecommunications facilities in quite large groups from 20 to 50 armed men with guns," she said.

At the same time Siumar noted that the protection of important telecommunications facilities will be strengthened in other regions. "We will strengthen the protection of these objects also in other regions," she said.