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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 ...
In 2014, there were political parties and movements in Ukraine that advocated a pro-Russian policy, and pro-Russian political organizations. [110] [111] Many of these were opposed to Ukrainian independence and openly advocated for the restoration of the Russian Empire. [112] Few in number, they generated media coverage and political commentary.
The attendees of pro-Russian protests included Russian citizens from across the border who came to support the efforts of pro-Russian activists in Ukraine. [37] [38] Donetsk oblast governor Serhiy Taruta said that rallies in Donetsk included ex-convicts and others who travelled from Crimea. [39]
The Russo-Ukraine War has seen two distinct waves of foreign fighters: the 2014 wave to join Ukrainian volunteer battalions and pro-Russia separatist groups during the War in the Donbas phase and the post-Russian Invasion of Ukraine wave starting in 2022.
In 1994, pro-Russian candidate Yuriy Meshkov was elected President of Crimea, and the same summer the Sevastopol City Council voted to join Russia. However, the decision was condemned by both Yeltsin and the then recently elected President of Ukraine, Leonid Kuchma, widely perceived to be a pro-Russian candidate. This, along with internal ...
The Freedom of Russia Legion is the other group that claims to have been involved, and also portrays itself as Russians who are fighting for Ukraine and against Putin.
Russian: Русское Единство, romanized: Russkoye Yedinstvo, Ukrainian: Руська Єдність, romanized: Ruska Yednist Social Democratic Party of Ukraine (united) Ukrainian : Соцiал-демократична партія України (об'єднана) , romanized : Sotsial-demokratychna partiia Ukrainy (obiednana)
One year into the full-scale invasion of Ukraine by Russia, a new report by the social media company Meta details the evolution of pro-Russian influence campaigns online. The report describes a ...