[1rudeboy]

Even if I was, and I am not, in what fashion does "ignoring locals" (and their involvement) speak to Russian involvement?

It doesn't. And it's comments such as yours that lead to the inevitable Kremlin tool vs. useful idiot comments. So, right now, are you being a tool, or an idiot?

[wetphoenix]

~So, right now, are you being a tool, or an idiot? ~

Your screen name speaks for yourself. The answer is none. In fact neither Ukraine nor Russia are alien to me. I don’t think that things in the East of Ukraine are justified to the very end but I’m surely see a bigger picture than you there.