on 14 january, the commander of the soviet army in the baltic military district fyodor kuzmin issued an ultimatum against the supreme council of the republic of latvia chairman anatolijs gorbunovs, demanding that the adopted laws are repealed. the omon attacked brasa and vecmilgrāvis bridges. 17 cars were burned during the day. on the night of 15 january, the omon twice attacked the riga branch of the minsk militia academy. later that day 10,000 people gathered for an interfront meeting, where an all-latvian public rescue committee declared that it was taking over power in latvia. this announcement was broadcast in the soviet media.