True rebels are leaving Donbas because they can see the snafu there and realize that they are fighting for the criminals-run republics, not defending the Russian World, the one-time leader of Donetsk republic and FSB officer, Igor Girkin (aka Strelok) says, Izvestia reports May 31.
Russia's War Against Ukraine
ZIK: Girkin says Donbas republics are Kremlin’s creation
Igor Strelkov, the top military commander of the self-proclaimed \"Donetsk People's Republic\", delivers a press conference on July 28, 2014 in Donetsk, eastern Ukraine.
