War in Donbas was orchestrated and fueled by Moscow, with covert militants coming and running it from Russia. Please.. read at least some basic literature with plenty of supporting references (by international organizations, such as the United Nations, OSCE, etc) on this subject:

* https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2022_Russian_invasion_of_Ukrai... * https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Disinformation_in_the_2021%E2%...