Civilians in the borderlands- a case study of rebel organization in the war in Donbas
Journal: Duo Research Archive (University of Oslo)
Year: 2017

Russia has since the disintegration of the Soviet Union supported numerous separatist movements in its near abroad.Yet, no other rebel movement in Russia's near abroad receives, or has received, as much Russian funding and weapons as the pro-Russian rebels in the war in Donbas in eastern Ukraine.At the same time, this is the conflict in Russia's near abroad with the highest number of civilian deaths, with indiscriminate attacks accounting for close to 90 per cent of all civilian deaths (OHCHR, 2