The devastating crash of a Malaysian Airlines jet in eastern Ukraine, which the US says was downed by a missile fired from a rebel-held area, has brought to the fore again the war being fought there by pro-Russian separatist rebels. BBC profiles some of the key figures involved on both sides of the conflict which erupted in April when the separatists declared independence from the revolutionary government in Kyiv.
Russia's War Against Ukraine
BBC: Key players in eastern Ukraine unrest
Self-proclaimed Prime Minister of the pro-Russian separatist \"Donetsk People's Republic\", Alexander Borodai (C), and \"Donetsk People's Republic\" self-proclaimed Defence Minister, Igor Strelkov (L).
