The continued fighting in eastern Ukraine and the shelling of civilian neighborhoods seem to be pushing more men to join the separatist fighters.
Although the Kyiv government, the United States and the NATO alliance have shown the heavy presence of Russian fighters and weapons among the rebel forces, many of the new recruits are residents of Ukraine made bitter by new grievances, as well as old.
During recent weapons training, recruits joining an area unit called the Cossacks Union of the Don Region Force used the faces of Western-leaning Ukrainian politicians, including Prime Minister Arseniy Yatsenyuk and former Prime Minister Yulia Tymoshenko, …read more
Source: Voice of America
