LUHANSK - Surveying a ruined airport in the rebel stronghold of Luhansk, the ex-Russian paratrooper in trademark blue beret boasts that only "professionals" such as him can turn the tide in the conflict with Kyiv in eastern Ukraine.
Russia's War Against Ukraine
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Pro-russian militants patrol on an armoured vehicle, on Sep. 15, 2014 on a street in Donetsk, eastern Ukraine as shelling continues between pro-Russian forces and the Ukrainian army.
