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They are Russian separatists.
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Nope. These are not Russian separatists. These are Ukrainian citizens that want to separate from Ukraine. That's why they are Ukrainian separatists. Not Russian, not Chinese and not Italian ones. They are
Ukrainians.
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They speak Russian
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90% of Ukrainians speak Russian because they are native Russians. Even the new Ukrainian president and the prime minister speak Russian natively. Does it make them "Russian" separatists too? Where is your logic?
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they wave Russian flags.
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People in Kiev and Lviv wave EU flags, but it doesn't make them EU members.
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They want nothing to do with Ukraine.
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Because they are separatists, no?
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They want Russia to take them in.
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No, they aren't. Seems you know shit about the situation there. Some groups want to join Russia. Others want to make their own independent Novorossia. Cossacks want to make their own country etc...
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They claim to be ethnic Russians living on territories occupied by Ukraine.
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FYI about 90% (or so) of Ukrainian citizens are ethnic Russians (Kiev is an old capital of Russia if you didn't know that). Ukraine can not occupy anything, Ukraine is an old Russian word which means
outskirts (outskirts of the former Russian Empire). So it's an independent (yeah, almost) country only since 1991. Before that it was a western territory of Russia - "okraina" (outskirts).
Educate yourself and don't post bullshit anymore, please.