Mezue ahịrịokwu na-esonụ: Russian agha na akụrụngwa wee na-ekere òkè nke abụọ Agha nke Donetsk Airport na
Agha nke Debaltseve. Akụkọ nke Royal United Services Institute wepụtara na Machị 2015 kwuru na "ọnụ ọgụgụ dị ukwuu nke ndị agha Russia nọ n'ókèala Ukraine" abụrụla "ihe na-adịgide adịgide" nke agha na Donbas kemgbe mbuso agha nke August 2014. Mgbe mmeri nke Ukraine na Debaltseve, ndị otu na esemokwu ahụ bịanyere aka na nkwekọrịta Minsk II iji kwụsị ọgụ na 15 February 2015. Usoro ndị a dị mma maka Russia, n'ihi na ha chọrọ Ukraine inye "ọnọdụ pụrụ iche" na mpaghara ndị na-ekewapụ onwe ha, ma tinyeghachi ha na Ukraine, yiri nke gọọmentị gọọmentị kwadoro site na ndị na-eme ngagharị iwe na-akwado Russia na mbido 2014. Nke a ga-eme ka Russia nwee "ihe nkedo dị mkpa" n'ime Ukraine nke a pụrụ iji gbochie njikọta nke mba ahụ n'ọdịnihu na European Union ma ọ bụ NATO. Na ogbako ndi nta akuko na 17 Disemba 2015, onye isi ala Russia Vladimir Putin kwetara na nke mbụ na enwere ndị agha Russia na mpaghara Donbas, ọ bụ ezie na o kwuru na nke a apụtaghị na e nwere "ndị agha Russia" ebe ahụ. Na 24 Eprel 2019, Onye isi ala Putin nyere iwu nchịkwa na-eme ngwa ngwa maka usoro iji nweta ụmụ amaala Russia maka ndị bi na mpaghara ndị DPR na LPR nwere. Nke a yiri ihe Russia mere n'ebe ndị ọzọ na-akwado Russia guzobere mgbe esemokwu Soviet gasịrị, gụnyere na Transnistria, Abkhazia, na South Ossetia.