Crimea versus Donbas: Russian Nationalist Reactions
Journal: Edinburgh University Press eBooks
Year: 2022

This chapter analyses how the nationalist segment of the Russian public engaged in attempts to interpret and evaluate the fast-changing Ukrainian scene after the Euromaidan revolution and the Russian annexation of Crimea in 2014. Before the impact of the Crimean takeover could be fully digested, insurrections broke out in the Donbas, soon escalating into full-fledged war, with thousands of casualties. Images on Russian TV of maimed Russian-speakers and devastated East Ukrainian towns and hamlets