DHAKA: Armed men dressed in camouflage clothing have seized a police station in eastern Ukraine.

Officials say, reports the BBC.

Police said the gang fired shots and used stun grenades to seize the offices in Sloviansk, near the Russian border.

Interior Minister Arsen Avakov called the gunmen ‘terrorists’ and said special forces would repel the attack.

Pro-Russian protesters have taken over government buildings throughout eastern Ukraine. Kiev says the unrest is being orchestrated from Moscow.

BDST: 1451 HRS, APR 12, 2014