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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.
One armoured personnel carrier was captured by pro-Russian protesters during the fighting. After the clashes, pro-Russian forces built barricades across the city centre. [155] Concurrently, Ukrainian National News said that separatists attempted to disarm Ukrainian troops near Donetsk.
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.
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.
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.
This is a list of currently active separatist movements in Europe. ... [212] within unitary Ukraine, or unification with Russia (pro-Russian ethnic Russians) [213]
In Kharkiv, 1,000 pro-Russian separatists returned to the RSA building on 13 April, and rallied around it, with some making it inside. [206] These protesters then holed up inside the building with mayor Hennadiy Kernes. Later in the day, Kernes declared his support for a referendum and amnesty for the arrested Kharkiv separatists. [207]