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Russian-backed (Leaders of Russian-backed breakaway regions of Luhansk and Donetsk claimed to be under attack from Ukraine and ordered the mass evacuation of civilians. • Zelenskiy's "problem," of course, is a Russian-backed insurgency that has cost the lives of more than 13,000 people since 2014. (npr.org) • Most attention has been paid to the breakaway regions of Donetsk and Luhansk, where Ukrainian forces and Russian-backed separatists have been in conflict since 2014.  cnn.com Ремедиос_П); Russia-backed (Ukraine has suspended operations at one of the seven checkpoints to territory in the eastern Donbas region controlled by Russia-backed separatists, due to heavy shelling, Reuters reports. 'More) |
