The Russian secret behind Ukraine’s mini ’republic’

Subscribe to France 24 now : FRANCE 24 live news stream: all the latest news 24/7 Two years after pro-Russian separatists declared the “Donetsk People’s Republic“, fighting between the Ukrainian army and separatist forces continues. But who is arming the separatists of this self-declared republic? And who is financing the reconstruction? Our reporters follow the trail of weapons and money and lay bare Donetsk’s best-kept secret. In eastern Ukraine, the separa