"Ukraine abandoned you. Ukrainians hate you. Ukrainians see you as separatists."

In 2014, they came without insignia, spread rumors that Ukrainian tanks were supposedly coming to "kill Russian-speaking people"(and other ugly rumors), then they looted, seized control, civilians were kidnapped and disappeared by Russians, and after all that Russians act like:

"Hmm… we're separatists and people call us separatists… wait, what if we project that onto the local people and claim Ukrainians are calling THEM separatists instead? 🤔 Perfect!"

I sympathize with everyone who lives and fights with this information vacuum created by the Russians.