Thank you for a well thought out response. As I understand it, the LPR and DPR were actually funded by Russia to prolong instability in Ukraine. One of the reas

Thank you for a well thought out response. As I understand it, the LPR and DPR were actually funded by Russia to prolong instability in Ukraine. One of the reasons for that was because NATO wouldn't want to admit a country currently in conflict and that would suit Russia's interests.