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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 ...
They also voiced opposition to the Ukrainian government's military operations against pro-Russian separatists in Donetsk Oblast. [169] Mayor Hennadiy Kernes returned to Kharkiv city on 16 June, after receiving medical treatment in Israel. [240] The city administration provided buses for around 1,000 people who came to greet him upon his return.
This is a list of currently active separatist movements in Europe. ... [212] within unitary Ukraine, or unification with Russia (pro-Russian ethnic Russians) [213]
The founder of a pro-Russian militia group in eastern Ukraine, described by authorities in Kyiv as a “criminal mastermind”, has died following a bombing in central Moscow, according to Russian ...
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.
Denis Pushilin, leader of the pro-Russian separatist proxy administration in Donetsk province, acknowledged pressure from multiple directions. "At the very least, we have stopped the enemy at ...
THE HAGUE (Reuters) -Russia on Thursday denied Ukrainian accusations that it backed pro-Russian separatists in eastern Ukraine in 2014 and discriminates against ethnic Tatars and Ukrainians in ...
The eastern Ukrainian city of Donetsk was captured by pro-Russian separatists in 2014 during widespread unrest following the pro-European revolution of Dignity in the capital city of Kyiv in February. As a result, Donetsk came under the control of the Donetsk People's Republic and became its capital.