You stated: “The Ukraine coup [sic] government declared the Russian language illegal. How could the 5 million ethnic Russian separatists declare lawful war when their language was illegal?”
In what way can what you previously stated be reconciled with what actually happened? First, the Russian language was never declared illegal. Second, the law if passed, would have simply stated that Ukrainian (as it had been for most of the time since independence) would be the only official language. Third, the law was never actually enacted.
What you previously claimed was that the Ukrainian government made the Russia language illegal. This is a complete falsehood. I really fail to see why you even bother to argue otherwise, although I do realize that for many of the Putin trolls here, this is the only basis they have to justify the mass murder that Putin is currently perpetrating in eastern Ukraine. Still, given the West’s weak reaction up to now, it is likely that thousands more will die to feed Putin’s ego and the mindless neo-Soviets that keep coming out of the woodwork.
Because they revolted due to the intent of the illegal coup government. If they had not revolted, it would have been illegal to use Russian in official government documents. So it might as well have been. You cannot claim that a rebellion against an illegal government, has to make a legal declaration with the government of their intent to revolt. So no illegal war here. Just a rebellion against an illegal coup government that was trying to force 5 million of its people to use a different language. Fairly straight forward. No need for chaff.