Donbass

Donetsk and Lugansk both in the Donbass broke away from the control of Ukraine in 2014 following the events of the Maidan when violent street protests toppled the democratically elected government in Kiev. Ukraine believes Russia is.

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The leader of the self-proclaimed Lugansk Peoples Republic LPR Leonid Pasechnik stated that a growing number of mercenaries are arriving in the Donbass region of Ukraine under the pretence of military instructors Sputnik reported on January 31He pointed out that when Western countries say theyre sending 200 instructors to Kiev with weaponry to help.

. Kiev has argued that the Donbass separatists are Russian proxies which the Kremlin denies and has criticized Moscows issuing of over half a million passports to citizens living there. A Mil Mi-8 MT Yellow 55 is destroyed after being struck by small arms fire on the fuel tanks when it was being prepared for departure in Kramatorsk airport. Ukrainian aircraft losses during the Ukrainian crisis and war in Donbas.

Ukrainian Air Force 25 April 2014. The appeal for the formal recognition of the regions in southeastern Ukraine comes amid heightened tensions on the Russian-Ukrainian border in recent weeks.

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