The source of Ukrainian pro-Russian armed weapons is all special warfare rifles.

Data map: Ukrainian pro-Russian armed forces.

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"Their original weapon source is the people," Oleg said. "There is a habit of hunting in eastern Ukraine, and various shotguns are the original weapons of anti-government pro-Russian personnel. Of course, the original source of body armor needs to be verified, because no one knows their exact source. "

The planned looting of police stations and Ukrainian military equipment is another major source of weapons for pro-Russian personnel. When the Donetsk police station was occupied, nearly a thousand pistols and rifles were lost at once. In the seat of the Donetsk State Government, the reporter saw that most men dressed in camouflage uniforms had pistols, and at night there were even people carrying assault rifles, helmets, new bulletproof vests and knee pads and elbow pads.

the most mysterious thing is "foreign weapons". In front of the Slavyansk Municipal Building, professional armed personnel are all equipped with special pistols, submachine guns with short handles, grenades and shock bombs. Similar weapons, except for Russian commandos, Ukrainian government forces do not even have such equipment.

apart from weapons and equipment, where did the funds come from to support such a large-scale operation? Marshev was evasive when asked by the Global Times reporter whether he received direct support from Russia: "We mainly rely on public donations." But the supporters are mostly poor people, and the reporter saw in the state government building that the money in the donation box was pitiful. A source from the Ukrainian Ministry of Internal Affairs told reporters: "Russian intelligence agencies send money to eastern Ukraine from Crimea and other border areas. For example, on the 17th, the border police found a man with 5 million Grivner cash at a checkpoint. Two days ago, we found that three Russian women tried to enter the country with 1.8 million cash. After the trial, we learned that they would bring it to pro-Russian people. "

realizing the concept of "new Russia"?

The pro-Russian armed forces refused to surrender their guns and quit the occupied government building, making the Geneva agreement on resolving the situation in eastern Ukraine a dead letter. Most importantly, the concept of "Novorossiya" put forward by Russian President Vladimir Putin in the national television quiz quickly became the slogan of pro-Russian armed forces in eastern Ukraine. All government buildings and police stations occupied by pro-Russian personnel have been replaced with the slogan "New Russia". In some people's eyes, this word refers to the huge territory of czarist Russia across Eurasia in the 18th century.

You Liya, a teacher at Donetsk Institute of Technology, told the Global Times reporter: "Before, we thought that war happened in Somalia and Syria, but now I think that war may come to us. In fact, there are Russians and Ukrainians among my students, but they never thought about splitting. Ukraine should become a United country. " Oleg, who accompanied the Global Times reporter, is a Russian. He said frankly: "I am Russian at heart, but I don't want to go back to life in the Soviet era. The concept of' new Russia' makes us very uneasy."