Recent Examples on the WebAir raid sirens howled in the capital, Kyiv. — More killings targeting pro-Russian separatist officials were reported in areas under their control. Vasilisa Stepanenko, ajc, 16 Sep. 2022 Air raid sirens howled in the capital, Kyiv. — More killings targeting pro-Russian separatist officials were reported in areas under their control. Vasilisa Stepanenko, Anchorage Daily News, 16 Sep. 2022 Not even Russia’s subsequent annexation of Crimea and the eight-year separatist insurgency in the Donbas region could fully overcome the historical divisions in Ukraine’s conflicting pulls toward democratic Europe and autocratic Russia. George Packer, The Atlantic, 6 Sep. 2022 Donetsk separatist leader Denis Pushilin said about 100 members of a Ukrainian National Guard battalion captured after the fall of Mariupol were scheduled to appear before a court soon. Maria Grazia Murru, BostonGlobe.com, 13 July 2022 In the spring of 2014, pro-Russian separatist rebels had begun seizing territory in the region, leading to an escalating armed conflict on the ground. Timothy Mclaughlin, The Atlantic, 1 Sep. 2022 One of his legacies was the 1996 signing of a peace pact between his government and the Moro National Liberation Front, the largest Muslim separatist group at the time in the volatile southern Philippines, homeland of minority Muslims. Jim Gomez, ajc, 31 July 2022 The deputy commander of the Donetsk separatist forces, Eduard Basurin, suggested that Ukraine decided to strike the prison to prevent captives from revealing key military information. Susie Blann, BostonGlobe.com, 29 July 2022 Russia on Friday signaled a potential expansion of its war aims, with a senior military officer saying Moscow also sought a land corridor linking the Donbas to a Russian separatist territory in the neighboring country of Moldova, to the west.Los Angeles Times, 23 Apr. 2022 See More