Nyorai kuenderera mberi kweiyi ndima - Kurwisana kwemauto pakati pevapanduki vanotsigira Russia (vanotsigirwa nemauto eRussia) nemauto eUkraine kwakatanga mudunhu reDonbass muna Kubvumbi 2014. Musi wa5 Gunyana 2014 hurumende yeUkraine nevamiriri vevanozviti Donetsk People's Republic neLuhansk People's Republic vakasaina chibvumirano chekuti vapedzisire vapisa hondo. Kumira kwechigarire kwokuputika pakati pokurwisana kutsva kwakasimba
munaJanuary 2015. Chibvumirano chitsva chokumisa kurwisana chakatanga kushanda pakati paFebruary 2015, asi chibvumirano ichi chakakundikanawo kumisa kurwisana. 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.