Fresh evidence suggests that pro-Russian separatists in eastern Ukraine are looking to Central Asia as a potential source of trained military fighters. A June 22 photograph taken by the Reuters news agency in the Donetsk region city of Siversk shows a Kalashnikov-carrying separatist identified as Bakhtiyor, a native of Uzbekistan.
Russia's War Against Ukraine
Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty: Uzbeks adding to ranks of Ukraine’s pro-Russian separatists
Uzbek soldiers patrol a street in Uzbek town of Kara-Suu, 19 May 2005.
