TC_Ukraine, my friends in the east of Ukraine hate the new government in Kiev. They were fairly happy until the President many of them supported was ousted in the coup. Now they want to get as far from Kiev as they can. If anything since the military operation by Kiev the opinions of my eastern friends have got ever harder against Kiev. If a group of people rise up in one part of the country and can oust a democratically elected President then a group of people in another part of the country can rise up, break away and create their own new country. Fair is fair after all! Western Ukraine can move closer to the western world while eastern Ukraine can be separate and closer with Russia.
The people of eastern Ukraine deserve their desire for freedom to be recognised.