Igor Strelkov, commander of Pro-Russian separatists, quits. Hands postion over to a man known as "Ts
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[quote=BBC]The military leader of pro-Russian rebels in the eastern Ukrainian city of Donetsk, Igor Girkin - known as Strelkov - has resigned.
Alexander Borodai, the former PM of the self-declared Donetsk People's Republic, confirmed the news but denied reports Mr Strelkov had been wounded.
There has been heavy shelling both in Donetsk and Luhansk as Ukrainian forces battle the separatists.
The news came with a disputed Russian aid convoy stationed near the border.
'Tsar' takes over
Mr Borodai confirmed Strelkov's departure to Russian media but gave no reason.
He said reports that Strelkov, a Russian citizen, had been injured were "total rubbish".
"You probably already know that he, like myself, has left his post," Mr Borodai said in a video posted by Russia's pro-Kremlin Life News website.
"The [Donetsk People's Republic] already has a new defence minister."
Mr Borodai said the new minister went by the nom de guerre Tsar. His name was given by other sources as Vladimir Kononov.
There have been two other high-profile resignations of rebel leaders in the past week.
Mr Borodai handed over to Alexander Zakharchenko as "prime minister" in Donetsk and the rebel chief in Luhansk, Valery Bolotov, said he was temporarily handing over to his defence minister, Igor Plotnitskiy.[/quote]
And then Tsar is replaced by a man called Bolshevik, and the cycle begins again!
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Just on a smaller scale.
Leaving so soon boys?
[QUOTE=joshjet;45692832]And then Tsar is replaced by a man called Bolshevik, and the cycle begins again!
[editline]15th August 2014[/editline]
Just on a smaller scale.[/QUOTE]
The people's power grab commences!
That guy in the op looks like a real weenie.
[QUOTE=Pvt. Martin;45692874]That guy in the op looks like a real weenie.[/QUOTE]
He's actually [URL="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Igor_Strelkov_%28officer%29"]quite a monster[/URL] if what the reports say about him are true.
I won't lie, it's pretty badass to just go by Tsar
With Russia just rolling on in with troops to um... Hand out humanitarian aids.... I wonder how long it'll be before Russia just axes the whole thing and declares the region part of the federation
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