In Ukraine Those Who Live By The Sword Are Dying By It

Alexander Zakharchenko was killed in a bombing at a cafe in Donetsk. Reuters

Giovanni Pigni, Asia Times: In breakaway Ukraine, those who live by the sword are dying by it

Could an anonymous cull of Donbass’ violently charismatic separatists precede a peaceful solution?

Yet another leader in Ukraine’s breakaway Donbass region has met a kinetic end: The charismatic and hardline leader of the so-called Donetsk People’s Republic, Aleksandr Zakharchenko, was assassinated by an outdoor bomb blast on August 31.

Reaction to his death was predictably mixed. Thousands of supporters gathered in the city streets of Donetsk to honor the memory of a man they considered a “Russian Spring” folk hero. At the same time, in Kiev, Ukrainian nationalists celebrated the death of a wanted terrorist and pro-Russian separatist.

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WNU Editor: The Ukraine rebel leadership may be getting killed all the time, but there are always many who are ready to step up and take their place.