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Originally Posted by FlameOn
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What I don't get is why the hell Western news agencies and people are still calling these pro-Russian forces when the core of the leadership are clearly Russian special forces, either GRU or Spetznaz who are taking their orders from the Kremlin, with some turncoats sprinkled in? It continues giving Russia deniability for their actions. Even if they are local militias, these are serving Russian interests should be considered Russian irregular forces at this point.
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This NY Times investigation claims that Russia's influence over those rebels is not quite as obvious, as it was thought to be. They appeared to be Ukrainians without any Russian master giving them any orders.
http://mobile.nytimes.com/2014/05/04...om=global.home