DONETSK, Ukraine – On April 6, 2014, pro-Russian activists stormed the offices of the Donetsk regional administration and the Lugansk office of the secret service in eastern Ukraine, sparking a year-long insurgency against the Kiev government in which 6,000 people have died.Their ire was directed at the pro-westerners who took the helm in Kiev after massive street protests ousted pro-Russian president Viktor Yanukovych in February last year.The rebels claimed Russian-speakers in east Ukraine were under threat from the “fascist junta” in Kiev, and were hostile to plans to strengthen ties with the EU and NATO.”Kiev’s stripped us of our right …read more
Source: AsiaOne
