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But I didn't say that. What I said is that Russia provided them with material assets (weapons & ammo mostly) for them to be able to protect themselves, period. You want to claim that these separatists were in fact Russian military, but that was not the case.

If you reread my post you will see that I said that Russia only intervened directly in August. The initial militias were a mix of Ukrainians and Russians. But they were armed and directed by the Russians. They were in effect Russian agents.

The fighting was started by the Azov Battalion (Nazis) before these separatists began retaliation maneuvers because they had lost loved ones due to the terroristic attacks carried out by these Nazis.

I know that the Azov are the pro-Russian's favorite boogymen, but again you have your timeline off. The Azov Battalion was formed in May of 2014, two months after militants had originally occupied the Donetsk Regional State Administration Building in March and a month after the Security Service of Ukraine buildings were seized in Donetsk and Luhansk in April. They were employed in the Ukrainian counter-offensive to retake what had been seized by the Russian separatists. The fighting was not started by the Azov.

The Azov aside, will you at least acknowledge that your claim that "it was an illegal act to speak or teach the Russian language in public facilities of Government. So if you mistakenly spoke in Russian, you could be charged with a criminal act," was incorrect?

But they were armed and directed by the Russians. They were in effect Russian agents.

That is precisely where you venture off into propaganda.

As for the Azov aspect, see my other response where I go into that, as well as, the issue regarding the language issue.