[Jan_Sobieski]

Tell Putin to leave Ukraine. It’s not his country.

Perhaps you should scold the Ukrainians of Donetsk, Luhansk, and Crimea that seceded from Ukraine after the unconstitutional revolution? They asked for help from the Russians like Americans sought French help in the war of independence.

[marcusmaximus]

Don’t be silly. You know those “referendums” were a sham. Run like a Philly election.

[Timber Rattler]

Perhaps you should scold the Ukrainians of Donetsk, Luhansk, and Crimea that seceded from Ukraine after the unconstitutional revolution? They asked for help from the Russians like Americans sought French help in the war of independence.

Absurd claim. Here's the truth:

Russia's Igor Strelkov: I Am Responsible for War in Eastern Ukraine

Russian national Igor Strelkov, a former commander of pro-Moscow separatists in eastern Ukraine, has claimed personal responsibility for unleashing the conflict in which 4,300 people have been killed since April.

"I was the one who pulled the trigger of this war," Strelkov said in an interview published Thursday with Russia's Zavtra newspaper, which espouses imperialist views.

"If our unit hadn't crossed the border, everything would have fizzled out — like in [the Ukrainian city of] Kharkiv, like in Odessa," Strelkov, who uses that nom-de-guerre meaning "Shooter" to replace his last name Girkin, was quoted as saying.

"There would have been several dozen killed, burned, detained. And that would have been the end of it. But the flywheel of the war, which is continuing to this day, was spun by our unit. We mixed up all the cards on the table," he said.