War in Eastern Ukraine

The article that I choose it’s about the crisis in Ukraine. Is a very interesting article for those that like international relations and history. This is an interview to a Russians soldier that be injured in combats with rebels of the People´s Republic of Donetsk against the Ukrainian army.

The soldier´s testimony says about how supposedly the Russian army are cooperating with Russian rebels in Ukraine, how their send weapons and men.

This conflict starts in 2014 after the deposition of the president Viktor Yanukovych by the strong repression against riots in Kiev. The new government, in favor of European Union and United States takes an anti-Russian policy. Added to this, arise many fascist movements in Ukraine. For this, the habitants of the province of the Crimean peninsula (mostly Russian), made a referendum to independence from Ukraine and to be part of Russia.

Following the example of Crimea, the Ukrainian provinces of Donetsk and Lugansk takes the same action. But the Ukrainian government don’t accept and sent troops to take control over these province. This results in a rebel organization of Russians habitants in Ukraine and the start of a civil war.

The situation today is very delicate. This situation brought a diplomatic confrontation between United States and Russia, like in the years of the cold war, for the hegemony over the ex-soviet republics.

See more in: http://www.theguardian.com/world/2015/mar/25/russia-ukraine-soldier