Ukraine Rebels Ask to Join Russia as Fighters Free Leader
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Ukrainian insurgents stormed a post on the border with Russia to free a rebel leader detained by frontier guards and reiterated their intention to join Russia after they stayed away from national talks to solve the crisis.
Alexander Boroday, the leader of the self-proclaimed “Donetsk People’s Republic” said it will ask to split from Ukraine and join its eastern neighbor in the near future, Ostrov newswire reported today. Following May 11 referendums on secession, the separatists have declared the regions of Donetsk and Luhansk independent and have vowed to “burn and wipe out” government forces there if they don’t withdraw.