Then maybe you should go bone up on what has happened in the last week or so before commenting? Things have moved quite a bit compared to the state that you describe, to put it very mildly.
No I know enough to know about the separatist regions, if not by propaganda then by actual action because western governments have begun to scrutinize business dealings with entities in those separatist regions, not just Russia. If everybody had to be actual experts in something before commenting on it here, there would be zero comments about any Russia/Ukraine story.
Aside from that It's extremely difficult to get reliable information from any source I have found about the details of the situation. I've not seen anything that is contrary to what I said though. Maybe you can enlighten me.
So you're unable to even point out what part of my comment was not correct or outdated. Doesn't sound like you actually even know. Maybe you should take your own advice with respect to commenting then.
It reads as though you completely missed the fact that Russia has invaded Ukraine and that therefore the situation you describe is technically correct but taken as a fragment of the whole currently utterly irrelevant.
I can't help that you "read" something I did not write, and can not follow the context of the discussion.
In context it's clear I was talking about this situation of the separatist regions contrasting with the situation of Russia occupying Ukraine. So you're totally out to lunch if you think I completely missed that.
Ok. I found it hard to imagine, but I know one other person that was quite literally so out of touch that he had missed the last week so it was for me at least plausible.
Kyivindependent is a news agency hosted in Kyiv, they are obviously pro Ukraine, at the same time I've been reading their stuff for the last couple of days and if the news is bad for their side they report it straight. I'd give them a chance.
