Article updated on November 22, 2014, but it is still valid.
My view of the Ukrainian conflict is even directly supported by credible Russian media!!! What is also not favorable to the Russian side is that the self-proclaimed Donetsk Republic is not a democratic establishment, but a military dictatorship. No one elected the political leaders of the Donetsk Republic through democratic elections. Moreover, a major scandal broke out that one of the highest political representatives of the self-proclaimed republic is Igor Strelkov-Girkin, who works directly for the Russian secret service, and this is no secret. After this scandal broke, he had to resign and was replaced by another person. I personally have no doubt that the leaders of the self-proclaimed republics are the extended arms of the Russian secret service FSB.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Igor_Girkin
http://cs.wikipedia.org/wiki/Igor_Girkin
For fanatical Russophiles, these reports are a huge disappointment. The Russian media itself has admitted direct military actions by the Russian government in Ukraine. The commander of this military operation was Igor Girkin Strelkov. Strelkov was commissioned by the Russian government.
http://echo24.cz/a/wJEEE/strelkov-valku-na-ukrajine-jsem-rozpoutal-ja
http://zavtra.ru/content/view/kto-tyi-strelok/
http://rustelegraph.ru/news/2014-11-20/Strelkov-Voinu-na-Ukraine-nachal-ya-22205/
http://lifenews.ru/news/139163 In general, I would also like to remind you that Specnaz members are trained to be able to perform the activities of soldiers and secret service members at the same time. A Specnaz member is a secret agent and a top soldier in one.
What is Spetsnaz? Spetsnaz is a Russian military special forces unit designed primarily for covert military operations.
What can be inferred from the newly published information in the Russian media?
There are two versions: a) either information from Strelkov was published, which the Russian government really dislikes, and despite strong state control of the media, this information leaked out; b) the second version is that the Russian government wanted to shift the blame for its (perhaps unintentional) instigation of the conflict onto a scapegoat – Strelkov, because a lot of information had already leaked out anyway and it needed to be covered up. This way, the government would clear its name, its hands would remain clean, and all the blame would be shifted to Strelkov. If this were true, then the information that was published would be top-notch psychological manipulation; in the articles, the Russian government is depicted as the "good" one, which largely "did not support" the separatists, i.e., did not support this entire conflict. The real truth, however, is different: Strelkov, as a member of the secret service or Spetsnaz, was directly controlled from the Kremlin. The Kremlin is responsible for everything the "separatists" did in Ukraine. On the other hand, it may also be true that Strelkov did not obey the government in everything and was therefore expelled from the secret service and stripped of all ranks (as is also written in the English Wikipedia).
Overall, the truth is as follows:
Both sides of the conflict have committed serious offenses, both sides have done outrageous dirty deeds: the Russian government too. Figuratively, we can say that the West poured gasoline and the Russian side set it on fire. The immediate cause of the conflict was the Russian government, through its soldiers occupying administrative buildings (local government leadership and a branch of the Ukrainian secret service). And logically, every state whose territorial integrity is threatened will defend its territory – logically, the Ukrainian army began fighting against the separatists. Then military passions flared up, extremists like the National Guard, who massacred civilians, and the Ukrainian army also killed civilians. I really wouldn't want to be in the shoes of the politicians of the Russian government. Russian politicians have committed immense offenses, they are responsible for the entire outbreak of an immensely bloody war, for the destruction of the lives of millions of civilians, millions of people are refugees who are fighting for their survival and live in terrible fear of what will happen to them tomorrow, whether they will even have anything to eat. I wouldn't want to be in the place of Russian politicians, because the responsibility for something so terrible would keep me awake at night – my conscience would weigh heavily on me. Even the idol of Russophiles – President Putin, is no angel – he too has committed offenses *******************************
And what about the Spetsnaz who occupied the administrative buildings in eastern Ukraine? Well, just use common sense. Immediately after the occupation of Crimea, Lavrov officially declared that Ukraine needed to be federalized. Not even a few days passed, and unknown armed men in masks, in an incredibly short and fast time, occupied all administrative buildings and the police. It is unimaginable that those men in masks were separatists – they didn't even have time to properly orient themselves to the political situation, let alone purposefully and professionally occupy administrative buildings. No amateur separatists, who don't even have proper training, could have armed-occupied administrative buildings. The enormous professionalism, skill, organization, and short time frame of the occupation of administrative buildings reveal the presence of Spetsnaz (who are also specially trained for covert military operations). For unorganized and unprofessional separatists to be capable of such a thing is complete nonsense. The occupation of administrative buildings in eastern Ukraine was undoubtedly a job organized by the Russian Ministry of Defense and the FSB secret service.