This was the questions I was asking myself as I read that 16,000 soldiers are being sent to Ukraine. This didn't make sense to me. I though the Russians and the Ukrainians were working together, tut instead its become a dog and pony show. In the Vice video i have placed below, there are soldiers demanding that they stop video taping and when they ask who do they work for, they give no definite answer. I wonder why the rest of the world is not doing anything about this.
Link to Vice Video on Youtube-
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QnpXASPd1h4#t=234
Link to a great article " Ukraine Between a Rock and Russia-
http://www.truthdig.com/report/item/ukraine_between_a_rock_and_russia_20140306