the Ukrainian border. 12 April – Gunmen gain control of a police department in the town of Slaviansk in the eastern Ukraine. 13 April – Ukraine launches a "full-scale anti-terrorist operation" against pro-Russian protesters who have captured police and security forces buildings in the town of Slaviansk. 14 April – Pro-Russian gunmen storm another police station, in the town of Horlivka, Donetsk Oblast. 15 April 2014 pro-Russian unrest in Ukraine: Shots are fired at Kramatorsk air base as Ukrainian Ground Forces are dispatched to take on separatists. Unconfirmed reports state that 4 pro-Russian militants have been killed and 2 people have been injured. Some reports claim up to 10 deaths. Ukraine's acting President Olexander Turchynov has announced the start of an "anti-terrorist operation" against pro-Russian separatists. 16 April – Six armored personnel carriers belonging to the Ukrainian military are captured by pro-Russian protesters amid rising tensions between the protestors and the military. 17 April 2014 pro-Russian unrest in Ukraine: Russia and Ukraine together with the United States and the European Union sit down for emergency talks in Geneva. All four agree that "illegal military formations in Ukraine" must be dissolved, and that everyone occupying buildings must be disarmed and leave them. There would be an amnesty for all anti-government protesters under the agreement. A skirmish on the Ukrainian military base in Mariupol by pro-Russian militants results in the deaths of 3 of the militants, the wounding of another 13, and the capture of 63 others. The Ukrainian Army unit whose armoured vehicles were seized by pro-Russian forces is disbanded and its members charged with crimes. Russian President Vladimir Putin admits having sent Russian forces to Crimea last month to protect its military equipment there. 18 April – Pro-Russian separatists in Donetsk say they will not leave the government buildings, defying the Kiev authorities and threatening a new international deal on Ukraine. 19 April Ukraine suspends operations against pro-Russian militants in the east of the country over Easter. A suspected meteorite explosion has been recorded over Murmansk. 20 April – Three people are killed in an attack on check post in Eastern Ukraine manned by pro-Russian supporters. 21 April According to pro-Russian militants, the bodies of two pro-Russian militants are pulled from the Seversky Donets River in Sloviansk, Ukraine, with both having multiple stab wounds. The claim could not be independently verified. Vladimir Putin signs a law greatly easing the granting