FILE PHOTO: Alexander Khodakovsky, commander of the Vostok brigade, former security minister and separatist leader in the self-proclaimed Donetsk People's Republic, attends an interview with Reuters in Donetsk, Ukraine February 4, 2022. Picture taken February 4, 2022. REUTERS/Kazbek Basayev/File Photo
MOSCOW (Reuters) - A prominent commander of Russian-backed separatists in a breakaway area in eastern Ukraine sought to rally his veteran troops on Thursday, heralding a potential intensifying of the region's conflict.
Alexander Khodakovsky, a former political leader in the self-proclaimed Donetsk People's Republic who now oversees a military unit, said that "all who want to rejoin ranks should be ready."
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