According to a report from 4 May 2015, the number of separatist deaths possibly exceeded the number of Ukrainian soldiers killed,[5] which had been confirmed to be 2,040 as of 17 February 2015,[6] making 2,040 a possible figure
Vaskovskaya, Yanina (2014-02-23). „В Севастополе митинг выбрал главу города” [In Sevastopol, the rally elected the head of the city]. gazeta.sebastopol.ua (на језику: руски). Приступљено 2020-11-17.
Coynash, Halya (18. 3. 2014). „Far-Right Recruited as Crimea Poll Observers”. Institute for War and Peace Reporting. „Pavel Gubarev, a former member of the neo-Nazi, Russian chauvinist Russian National Unity movement”
„Direct Line with Vladimir Putin” (на језику: руски). kremlin.ru. 17. 4. 2014. Приступљено 21. 4. 2014. „And so we had to take the necessary measures in order to prevent the situation in Crimea unfolding the way it is now unfolding in southeastern Ukraine. We didn't want any tanks, any nationalist combat units or people with extreme views armed with automatic weapons. Of course, the Russian servicemen did back the Crimean self-defence forces.”
According to a report from 4 May 2015, the number of separatist deaths possibly exceeded the number of Ukrainian soldiers killed,[5] which had been confirmed to be 2,040 as of 17 February 2015,[6] making 2,040 a possible figure
66% дончан видят будущее в единой Украине [66% of Donetsk denizens see a future in a united Ukraine]. News of Donbas (на језику: руски). 9. 4. 2014. Приступљено 9. 4. 2014.
„Gunmen Seize Government Buildings in Crimea”. The New York Times. 27. 2. 2014. Приступљено 1. 3. 2014. „Masked men with guns seized government buildings in the capital of Ukraine's Crimea region on Thursday, barricading themselves inside and raising the Russian flag after mysterious overnight raids that appeared to be the work of militant Russian nationalists who want this volatile Black Sea region ruled from Moscow.”