UNITED NATIONS – Russia wants to make sure Ukraine does not float westward and has sent in its own troops when the separatists could not handle it. But will Moscow support the rebels’ call for independence in the eastern industrial heartland?
Despite many denials by Moscow, evidence had mounted daily that Russia had sent fighters and weaponry to the rebels who fear they are not getting fair treatment from the Kiev government.
They were called “volunteers” but US Ambassador Samantha Power noted that “the armored Russian military vehicle (the volunteer) drives there is not his personal car.”
Most Russian forces have withdrawn …read more
Source: The Huffington Post
