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Even if they did - I don't suppose they cared. They hate West and all things Western. Except, maybe, tracksuits.

Ukrainian side. My country's side.

Also, what would you say is the biggest misconception you hear about what's going on there?

Hm. I guess it's that we're so poor that we have no problems or moral standards to prevent us from looting that downed jet. Our two oblasts are among the poorest in the country but we have moral standards too, damn it. Besides, the first people on the scene were separatists and local small time scum, from what I know (I live a considerable distance away from the scene but I hear things just the same).

Freely get my money from an ATM - currently the most nagging concern. And freely move around the territory that is controlled by rebels, with their checkpoints and all that.

My town has it relatively easy but if you are a man of a conscription age - separatists can snatch you and maybe you'll work the trenches or maybe they'll force you to fight for them. It happened and it happens.

I'll ring my best friend in Kyiv and I'll get hammered. And I'll be so drunk I won't remember anything I've done (I usually drink responsibly and with exception of beer, I try to water my drinks). Maybe go out for a picnic. Something very fun, that's for sure.