Pedzisa mutsara unotevera: Kurwisana kwemauto pakati pevapanduki vaitsigira Russia (vaitsigirwa nemauto eRussia) nemauto eUkraine kwakatanga kumabvazuva kweUkraine muna Kubvumbi 2014. Musi wa5 Gunyana 2014, hurumende yeUkraine nevamiriri vevanozviti Donetsk People's Republic neLuhansk People's Republic vakasaina chibvumirano chekuti vapedze hondo. Kugadzikana kwokuputika kwakatyora pakati pechisimba
kurwisana kutsva muna January 2015. Chibvumirano chitsva chokumisa kurwisana chakatanga kushanda pakati paFebruary 2015, asi chibvumirano ichi chakakundikanawo kumisa kurwisana. Muna Ndira 2018, Verkhovna Rada yakapa mutemo unotsanangura nzvimbo dzakatorwa neDonetsk People's Republic neLuhansk People's Republic se "dzinogara kwenguva pfupi neRussia", mutemo uyu wakadaidzawo Russia nyika "inodzvinyirira". Russia yakapomerwa neNATO neUkraine kupindira mumabasa ehondo zvakananga kutsigira Donetsk People's Republic neLuhansk People's Republic. Russia inoramba izvi, asi muna Zvita 2015, Mutungamiri weRussian Federation Vladimir Putin akabvuma kuti mauto eRussian intelligence maofficial aishanda muUkraine, achisimbirira kuti vakanga vasina kufanana nemauto enguva dzose. Russia yakabvuma kuti "vazvipiri" vokuRussia vari kubatsira mapato anopandukira ePeople's Republics.