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snooper2

(30,151 posts)
Mon Apr 28, 2014, 12:17 PM Apr 2014

First Video Evidence of Russians Among Ukrainian Separatists: Russian Roulette (Dispatch 30)

Just an hour before he was kidnapped by pro-Russia forces, VICE News correspondent Simon Ostrovsky interviewed two Russian Cossacks in Kramatorsk. One of the men showed Simon his Russian passport, which was the first confirmation VICE News has seen of Russians working with the separatists in Eastern Ukraine.


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First Video Evidence of Russians Among Ukrainian Separatists: Russian Roulette (Dispatch 30) (Original Post) snooper2 Apr 2014 OP
Not a huge shock. Xithras Apr 2014 #1

Xithras

(16,191 posts)
1. Not a huge shock.
Mon Apr 28, 2014, 12:24 PM
Apr 2014

Tens of thousands of Ukrainians hold citizenship with both countries, and Ukraine requires a passport in order to cross the border.

I WAS a bit surprised to see that these guys were Cossacks. I thought it was primarily the ethnic Russian's who were stirring up the crap.

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