Pedzisa mutsara unotevera: Pakazosvika Nyamavhuvhu 2014, "Anti-Terrorist Operation" yeUkraine yakakwanisa kuderedza zvakanyanya nzvimbo iri pasi pekutonga kwemauto eRussia, uye yakasvika padhuze nekudzora muganho weRussia neUkraine. Igor Girkin akakurudzira kupindira kwemauto eRussia, uye akataura kuti kusaziva kurwa kwemauto ake asina kurongeka, pamwe nematambudziko ekutsvaga pakati pevagari vemuno muDonetsk Oblast kwakakonzera kukundikana. Akataura nomutungamiri weRussia Vladimir Putin, achiti: "Kurasikirwa nehondo iyi munharaunda iyo Mutungamiri Vladimir Putin pachake akatumidza kuti New Russia kwaizotyisidzira simba reKremlin uye, pachake, simba romutungamiri wenyika". Mukupindura kumamiriro ezvinhu ari kuderera muDonbas, Russia yakasiya nzira yayo yehybrid, ndokutanga kupinda munzvimbo iyi. Chiratidzo chekutanga chekupinda uku kwaive 25 Nyamavhuvhu 2014 kubatwa kweboka revarwi veRussia vari pabasa rinoshanda mudunhu reUkraine neUkraine kuchengetedzeka sevhisi (SBU). SBU yakabudisa mifananidzo yavo, uye mazita avo. Zuva rakatevera racho, Ministry of Defense yeRussia yakati varwi ava vakanga vayambuka muganhu "netsaona". Maererano nokufungidzira kwaNikolai Mitrokhin, pakazosvika pakati paAugust 2014 mukati me
Muhondo yeIlovaisk, paive nevarwi vari pakati pe20 000 ne25 000 vairwa muDonbas vari kudivi revapanduki, uye pakati pe40% ne45% chete ndivo vaiva "vagari vomunzvimbo yacho".