These demonstrations , which followed the annexation of Crimea by the Russian Federation ( February to March 2014 ) , and which were part of a wider group of concurrent pro-Russian protests across southern and eastern Ukraine , escalated Cause_change_of_position_on_a_scale into an armed conflict Hostile_encounter between the separatist forces of the self-declared Donetsk and Luhansk People 's Republics ( DPR and LPR respectively ) , and the Ukrainian government .

Immediately following the signing Sign_agreement of the agreement , separatist forces launched Process_start an offensive on Debaltseve and forced Ukrainian forces to withdraw Escaping from it .

In 2017 , on average one Ukrainian soldier died Death in combat every three days , with the number of Russian and separatist troops remaining Presence in the region estimated at 6,000 and 40,000 respectively .

KDPI even briefly branded Labeling itself as non- '' separatist '' organization , allegedly criticizing Judgment_communication those calling Request for independence Change_of_leadership , but nevertheless calling Request for political autonomy .

These attacks , as well as widespread human rights violations by Russian and separatist forces , drew international condemnation .

By 2009 , Russia had severely disabled Destroying the Chechen separatist movement and large-scale fighting ceased Process_end .

Three months later the exiled leader of the separatist government , Akhmed Zakayev , called Name_conferral for a halt to armed resistance against the Chechen police force starting on 1 August and said Telling he hoped that `` starting with this day Chechens will never shoot at each other '' .

The movement was built Creating around the separatist organization ETA , which had launched Bringing a campaign of attacks Attack against Spanish administrations since 1959 .

Eelam War Hostile_encounter III is the name Name_conferral given Giving to the third phase of armed Bearing_arms conflict Hostile_encounter between Sri Lankan military and the separatist Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam .

However , it is noted Statement that the separatist scenario was used Using as a guerrilla tactic by the Federal Government to turn Change the population of the rest Placing of the country against the state of São Paulo , broadcasting Statement the alleged Statement separatist notion throughout the country .

However , it is noted Statement that the separatist scenario was used Using as a guerrilla tactic by the Federal Government to turn Change the population of the rest Placing of the country against the state of São Paulo , broadcasting Statement the alleged Statement separatist notion throughout the country .

Immediately after the bombing Use_firearm , leaders of the PP claimed evidence indicating the Basque separatist organization ETA ( Euskadi Ta Askatasuna ) was responsible for the bombings .

Insurgency Violence in Northeast India involves Cause_to_be_included multiple armed separatist factions operating Being_in_operation in India 's northeastern states , which are connected Connect to the rest of India by the Siliguri Corridor , a strip of land as narrow as wide .

Protests Protest in Donetsk and Luhansk regions ( oblasts ) escalated Cause_change_of_position_on_a_scale into an armed pro-Russian separatist insurgency .

However more recently historians have taken a broader perspective noting that the Habsburgs at the same time resisted Defending internal separatist movements , and were battling Hostile_encounter Prussia and France for control of central Europe .

Immediately after the crash Catastrophe , a post appeared Coming_to_be on the VKontakte social media profile attributed Causation to Igor Girkin , leader of the Donbass separatist militia , claiming Statement responsibility for shooting down Use_firearm a Ukrainian An-26 military transporter near Torez .

And a rise Motion_directional of Islamist Groups ( Al-Qaeda , ISIS ) , innsurgencies ( Houthis ) and separatist movements .

The Eritrean People 's Liberation Front ( EPLF ) became Becoming the main separatist group in 1977 , expelling Removing the ELF from Eritrea , then exploiting the Ogaden War to launch Process_start a war of attrition against Ethiopia .

The attackers , led by Movsar Barayev , claimed Statement allegiance to the Islamist separatist movement in Chechnya .

Kurdish separatism in Iran or the Kurdish–Iranian conflict is an ongoing , long running , separatist dispute Quarreling between the Kurdish opposition in Western Iran and the governments of Iran , lasting since the emergence of Reza Shah Pahlavi in 1918 .

The earliest Kurdish separatist activities in modern times refer to tribal revolts in today 's West Azerbaijan Province of Imperial State of Iran , prompted Causation in between of the two World Wars – the major of those were led by Simko Shikak , Jafar Sultan and Hama Rashid .

transformation from tribal to kurdish political struggle in iran took place Process_start in the aftermath of world war ii , with the bold separatist attempt of the kurdish democratic party of iran ( kdpi ) to establish the republic of mahabad during the 1946 iran crisis .

He also announced Expressing_publicly the possibility Causation of separatist activities .

Additionally , the Front for the Liberation of the Enclave of Cabinda ( FLEC ) , an association Collaboration of separatist militant groups , fought Hostile_encounter for the independence Creating of the province of Cabinda from Angola .

Georgians took Getting control Control of most of Tskhinvali , a separatist stronghold , in hours .

Allied with many separatist eastern nobles , Shang loyalists under Prince Wu Geng , and several Dongyi ( 東夷 ) and Huaiyi ( 淮夷 ) states , they rose Cause_to_make_progress in rebellion against the Duke of Zhou .

During the war Military_operation the Abkhaz separatist side carried out Action an ethnic cleansing campaign Military_operation which resulted in Causation the expulsion Removing of up to 250,000 ethnic Georgians and in the killing Killing of from 4,000 to 15,000 .

Violence Violence continued in the early 1980s due to the armed Sikh separatist Khalistan movement which sought independence from India .

Secular priest José María Morelos called Request the separatist provinces to form Coming_to_be the Congress of Chilpancingo , which beacme the legal Legality framework for the insurgency .

On August 9 , the Basque nationalist and separatist organisation ETA claimed Statement responsibility for the attack Attack , while four other bombs exploded Attack around restaurants and shopping centres in Palma , Majorca , causing no injuries Bodily_harm .

It originated Coming_to_be in 1948 as an ethnic and religious separatist insurgency in the historical Malay Patani Region , made up of the three southernmost provinces of Thailand and parts of a fourth , but has become Becoming more complex and increasingly violent since 2001 .

although low-level separatist violence Violence had occurred Coming_to_be in the region for decades , the campaign escalated Process_start after 2001 , with a recrudescence in 2004 , and has occasionally spilled Motion over into other provinces .

Local leaders have persistently demanded Request at least a level of autonomy from Thailand for the Patani region and some of the separatist insurgent movements have made a series of demands Request for peace talks and negotiations Communication .

over 6,500 people died Death and almost 12,000 were injured Bodily_harm between 2004 and 2015 in a formerly ethnic separatist insurgency , which has currently been taken over Change_of_leadership by hard-line jihadis and pitted them against both the unk buddhist minority and local muslims who have a moderate approach Action or who support Supporting the thai government .

The first team 's report , which was commissioned Deciding by the Yugoslav government , concluded Coming_to_believe that those killed , who included a woman and 12-year-old child , were all separatist guerrillas and not civilians .

Instead , Pro-Soviet Iranians proclaimed Statement the separatist Azerbaijan People 's Government and the Kurdish separatist Republic of Mahabad .

Instead , Pro-Soviet Iranians proclaimed Statement the separatist Azerbaijan People 's Government and the Kurdish separatist Republic of Mahabad .

Negotiation by Iranian premier Ahmad Qavam and diplomatic pressure on the Soviets by the United States eventually led to Causation Soviet withdrawal and dissolution of the separatist Azeri and Kurdish states .