Pro-Russian MP posts Ukraine's map without Crimea, with 'LPR/DPR' / Photo from UNIAN
Ukrainian MP from the pro-Russian Opposition Platform - For Life parliamentary faction Vadym Rabinovych has posted a map of Ukraine without the Crimean peninsula, which is occupied by Russia, but with the so-called "Donetsk and Luhansk People's Republics" ("LPR/DPR") – the two Moscow-sponsored statelets in Donbas, the country's east.
Read alsoUkrzaliznytsia accidentally publishes Ukraine's map without CrimeaThe relevant map titled, "What kind of language independent [Ukraine] speaks," appeared on Rabinovych's Facebook on Monday morning, allegedly depicting the language situation in the country.
The image itself shows that only residents of the western regions supposedly speak Ukrainian. The rest allegedly speak surzhyk [a mix of Ukrainian and Russian] or Russian. It is noteworthy the occupied part of Donbas is depicted as the "DPR" and the "LPR," while Crimea is missing.