This link is from January 31st when Yanukovych, the Russian puppet, was still in the throes of torturing and beating people with the Berkut. Currently, the Ukrainians are fighting off the same people, who are not manifested in the "separatists," i.e. Russian soldiers and mercenaries.
Your second link is the same as the first.
Why support any thugs?
So far, you are talking about only Russkie thugs, not alleged evil Ukrainian thugs. There are certainly bad Ukrainians out there, but this is quite different from a few bad apples to a policy of persecution by those in charge.
I see that now.
I’ll have to look into it deeper for sure.