Ukraine rebels: Just some good ol' boys, never meanin' no harm?

[IDemo]

Pro-Moscow Rebels Fly Flag of 'New Russia' in Eastern Ukraine

NOVOAZOVSK, Ukraine - Pro-Russian rebels conquering territory in eastern Ukraine are fighting under a new flag that betrays their - and perhaps the Kremlin’s - soaring ambitions. The blue cross set on a red background, which is stitched into uniforms and flies on tanks, represents Novorossiya or 'New Russia' - a notional state that would swallow southern and eastern Ukraine.

It is slowly replacing the disparate flags representing individual independence-minded groups in the regions of Donetsk. Indeed, the separatist regional administration flag in central Donetsk – one of the rebel headquarters – is now flying the Novorossiya flag.

The fighters’ ambitions mirror the flag’s reach.

http://www.nbcnews.com/storyline/ukraine-crisis/pro-moscow-rebels-fly-flag-new-russia-eastern-ukraine-n194751

[Scootaloo]

1. Ukranian crosswalk signs got swag

Look at that little dude strut!

[pampango]

2. I don't think the infamous 'right-wing militias' in Kiev ever had tanks like that. n/t