Dee ihe na-aga n'ihu maka paragraf a - Mgbalị ndị na-esochi iji dozie agha na-aga n'ihu na mpaghara Donbas nke Ukraine ahụbeghị ihe ọ bụla na mbido February 2015. Ọ bụ ezie na Minsk Protocol nke 5 Septemba 2014 belatara ọgụ na mpaghara esemokwu ahụ ruo ọtụtụ ọnwa, obere esemokwu gara n'ihu. Na mbido Jenụwarị 2015, ndị agha nkewapụ nke Donetsk People's Republic (DPR) na Luhansk People's Republic (LPR) malitere mwakpo ọhụrụ na mpaghara ndị Ukraine na-achịkwa, na-ebute ọdịda zuru oke nke nkwụsị nke Minsk Protocol. Mgbe ọgụ siri ike gasịrị, ndị agha DPR weghaara ọdụ ụgbọ elu Donetsk International dị mkpa na 21 Jenụwarị, akụkụ ikpeazụ nke obodo Donetsk nke nọ n'okpuru nchịkwa Ukraine. Mgbe mmeri a gasịrị, ndị agha nkewapụrụ onwe ha gara n'ihu n'agha ha
na ụzọ ụgbọ okporo ígwè na okporo ụzọ dị mkpa nke Debaltseve na ngwụsị ọnwa Jenụwarị. Ọgụ a siri ike bidoro ọzọ mere ka mba ụwa nwee nnukwu nchegbu. Onye isi ala France bụ François Hollande na Chancellor Germany bụ Angela Merkel wepụtara atụmatụ udo ọhụrụ na 7 Febụwarị. Atụmatụ Franco-German, nke e mere mgbe ya na onye isi ala Ukraine bụ Petro Poroshenko na onye isi ala Russia bụ Vladimir Putin kwurịtara okwu, ka a na-ele anya dị ka mmeghachi nke Minsk Protocol. Onyeisiala Hollande kwuru na atụmatụ ahụ bụ "ohere ikpeazụ" maka idozi esemokwu ahụ. Atụmatụ ahụ bụ nzaghachi nye atụmatụ ndị America iziga gọọmentị Ukraine ngwa agha, ihe Chancellor Merkel kwuru ga-eme ka nsogbu ahụ ka njọ.