Is that good or bad? I'm no fan of Putin... but I want Ukraine to retain its independence...

It probably doesn't matter to the US.

It may hurt the rebelion.

wanted him out and he has had assassination attempts on him before. Not a great loss, They also killed his press spokeswoman.

In other words he was against the peace efforts. This could have come internally.

From everything I have read (the MSM is a laugh as for accuracy), one of the reasons that skirmishes continue is disagreement between military units on both sides of the conflict about the effectiveness, or even desirability, of the peace efforts (though the biggest factor keeping things from calming down is that the primary requirement (Federalization or similar) has not and appears may not be passed by the Ukrainian Parliament).

But hopefully this means more power for the commanders who are seriously seeking a peaceful resolution on the rebel side.

Can you please exhibit more self restraint. I know about that law. It was not what was agreed toward in the Minsk agreements and was designed to allow Kyiv enough control to continue suppressing the region.

The rebels have agreed twice with Federalization. Which is a much more dependable fact than our wonderful un-investigative tabloid press.

PS: I know you will not agree but can you abstain from the personal attacks method of argument?

what you posted was just factually incorrect sir.

Have a great day

Do you think it would help the situation if Russia stops or moves it's "military exercises" it has held along the Ukrainian border for over a year allowing it to move supplies and equipment into Ukraine?

What does that mean? That someone wasn't actually murdered? Or is there some tacit satisfaction that yet another popular 'rebel' had to bite the dust and that there is perceived room for speculation that he fell victim to internal strife instead of being assassinated by forces that have fuelled the conflict throughout?

Alexey Mozgovoy had his own social media page with interesting pictures and news: http://vk.com/id265927036

He was apparently not only a soldier but also a singer

Video about the visit of the 'Caravana Internacional Antifascista' he had invited, including the Ska band 'Banda Bassotti':

They might be distancing the BBC from the report--it's a quote that they're repeating and not anything like an assertion that they're making.

He's been killed before. Or, should I say, 'killed' before, which brings us into scare-quote land.

He was assassinated, but typically when we cite an assassination we have some idea who did it. As it is, he was just 'killed'--they're possibly hinting at much more, but don't want to or can't say who did it.

Why? Because it might have been the first suspect that comes to mind--somebody affiliated with Kyiv, either formally or by persuasion. It might have been a Cossack group out for more power, or a Chechen/Ossetian group that is defending Russia either by commission or by persuasion. Might even be somebody who wants to kill pro-European gay fascist Jews or heretics and considers the cease-fire to be a betrayal of all that's Light and Good. Might be some local whose family was killed by Mozgovoy or his men, justly or unlikely. Or just somebody who's had his car or property commandeered and his life ruined by the "good guys." Mind have been the FSB, for all the BBC knows. Rumors are flying all over the place. Lifenews filmed the location. Then the footage was taken down. So even among the Russian-controlled media there is, or at least was, a bit of confusion.