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Russian separatist forces in Ukraine, primarily the People's Militias of the Donetsk People's Republic (DPR) and the Luhansk People's Republic (LPR), [nb 1] were pro-Russian paramilitaries in the Donbas region of eastern Ukraine. They were under the overall control of the Russian Federation. [5] They were also referred to as Russian proxy ...
Russian sources have accused Finland and Estonia of stirring up separatist sentiment in the Finno-Ugric republics and regions of Russia. [22] Head of the Security Council of Russia Nikolai Patrushev often accused Finland of support separatism in Karelia, [23] going so far as claiming that Finland is creating a battalion of separatists to invade the Republic.
During the pro-EU Euromaidan movement, a pro-Russian opposition movement known as anti-Maidan emerged, particularly in eastern Ukraine, where there was a large Russian speaking minority. [ 8 ] On December 4, thirteen days after the beginning of Euromaidan, around 15,000 people gathered at a pro-Yanukovych rally in Donetsk, though many of these ...
Pro-Russian insurgents occupying the Sloviansk city administration building, 14 April 2014. In April 2014, the anti-government protests in the Donbas developed into armed conflict between Russian-backed separatists and Ukraine. Russian citizens with links to its security forces had taken control of the separatist movement by this stage.
Clashes between government forces and pro-Russian groups escalated in early May when the city administration building was briefly retaken by the Ukrainian National Guard. The pro-Russian forces quickly took the building back. [153] Militants then launched an attack on a local police station, leading the Ukrainian government to send in military ...
Kemp investigates the increasing tension between Pro-Russian Separatists and the Ukrainian Nationalists as Russia threatens a full scale invasion of the country. He heads to the frontline to speak with the Azov Battalion, a unit hailed as heroes in their homeland for fighting Russian snipers without assistance from the Government or Ukrainian Army.
Kharkov People's Republic – The Kharkiv People's Republic was proclaimed on 7 April by a small group of pro-Russian separatists occupying the RSA building with Yevhen Zhylin as President. [232] However, later that day, Ukrainian special forces retook the building, thereby ending the control the protesters had had over the building. [232]
Vladimir Artyomovich Zhoga [1] (Russian: Владимир Артёмович Жога, Ukrainian: Володимир Артемович Жога; 26 May 1993 – 5 March 2022), also known by his nom de guerre Vokha (Russian: Воха), [2] was a separatist who commanded the Sparta Battalion, a pro-Russian separatist force that is involved in the Russo-Ukrainian War.