The bomb s were hidden in large garbage bins (on streets yo throw trash in). All were placed in the center of Ukraine's 4th largest city. Ukrainian Pres. Viktor Janukovitsh called it a terrorist act. The EU-EM Soccer Games are due to be played in the same city. Former FM Julia Timoshenko is from this city- now on hunger strike in prison (sentenced to 7 yrs for misusing her official position- in signing a purchase contract with Russia for natural gas. EU is demanding her release from jail (political reasons for her sentence)- Germany cancelled an official visit and there are calls for boycotting the soccer matches in EM games. This was a translation in yle.fi from Ukrainian direct source.