The war in the Donetsk and Lugansk regions of Ukraine, which began in April 2014, involves the armed forces of Ukraine and rebel forces mostly consisting of self-proclaimed supporters of Donetsk and Lugansk People's Republic (DPR and LPR respectively). In addition to the armed forces of Ukraine in the battles against the supporters of the DPR and LPR there are also other militant insurgent and non-governmental groups involved. The European Union, NATO, the Council of Europe, the USA, Ukraine and a number of other states blame the Russian Federation in participating in the conflict, particularly, in the use of Continue reading...