 When their proposal was rejected, the 127 Bolsheviks left the Congress.On the same day () the government of Soviet Russia sent an signed by Vladimir Lenin and Lev Trotsky giving the Ukrainian side 48 hours to respond.The next day the government of Russia, without waiting for an answer, declared that it considered the Central Council of Ukraine its enemy and appointed Vladimir Antonov-Ovseyenko as the commander of the Soviet Red Guards.