[Rashputin]

"Acting Ukrainian President Oleksandr Turchynov acknowledged this week that the central government has effectively lost control of the country's Donetsk and Luhansk regions to the pro-Russian separatists."

If they lost control of "regions" there's a lot more to it than sneaky Russians infiltrating into the Ukraine.

[DoughtyOne]

Honestly, I’m not convinced of that.

I think there is a lot of manipulated unrest and Russian agents on the ground in the Eastern Ukraine.

[Mariner]

"If they lost control of "regions" there's a lot more to it than sneaky Russians infiltrating into the Ukraine. "

Yeah, that's what puts me closer to the second premise.

I think MOST of the folk in those regions want to be with mother Russia.

Hell, Russia built Odessa from the ground up and has controlled the Crimea for over 2 centuries.