At the Volyn headquarters of Viktor Yushchenko, officers of the internal troops special unit made a statement that currently about one and a half hundred of their fellow soldiers are near the walls of the Central Election Commission. The officer, who does not want to disclose his surname, claims that in the near future several more dozen military personnel will join them, demonstrating a corresponding order. He also reported that law enforcement officers are armed only with protective equipment and are ready to protect peaceful citizens.
Internal troops employees confirmed the information that near the building of the Central Election Commission, in the uniform of the Crimean and Donetsk regiment of the internal troops special unit, there are fighters who do not hide that they were paid from 200 to 500 US dollars for their work. Immediately after the CEC announces its decision, they are ready to disperse the crowd of people on Bankova Street near the CEC and on Independence Square. In addition, some of them are disguised Russian special forces fighters with chevrons of the Crimean regiment. The Donetsk law enforcement officers openly state that they do not count on the support of Volyn, Lviv, Vinnytsia, and Ternopil law enforcement officers and are ready to act independently.