Aleksandr Khodakovsky, one of the leaders of the self-proclaimed Donetsk People’s Republic, said the Ukrainian military has “no chance” of defeating separatist forces in the country’s east. In an interview with RFE/RL on August 30 in Donetsk, the commander of the Vostok battalion said former members of the Russian armed forces have been “sharing their expertise” with the rebel forces, but he stopped short of admitting the direct involvement of Russia’s regular forces in eastern Ukraine. (RFE/RL’s Moldova Service) …read more