Ukraine will surely lose this battle...
![Grin](https://bitcointalk.org/Smileys/default/grin.gif)
They may be able to block a few of the accounts but the vast majority will escape undetected.
Just more wishful thinking from these egomaniac countries.
There's no battle. As bryant.coleman wrote, the rebels switched to Russian ruble and do not depend on Ukrainian banks.
The only ones who will probably get hit are Ukrainian (non-separatist) bitcoin users:
In the meantime, Reddit users have fuelled speculation that Ukranian exchange website BTCTrade.com.ua may be inaccessible to domestic Internet users.
Confirmation, which has been loosely translated, came via Twitter: "We are under suspicion by Privatbank. We apologise for temporarily suspending payouts in Hryvnia."