Ku qor sii wadida cutubkan - Dagaalkii Milatari ee u dhexeeyay mucaaradka Ruushka taageersan (oo ay taageerayaan militariga Ruushka) iyo Ciidamada Qalabka Sida ee Ukraine ayaa ka bilowday gobolka Donbass bishii Abriil 2014. Bishii Sebtember 5, 2014 dowladda Ukraine iyo wakiillada Jamhuuriyadda Dadweynaha Donetsk iyo Jamhuuriyadda Dadweynaha Luhansk waxay saxiixeen heshiis xabad joojin ah (heshiis xabad joojin ah). Heshiiskii xabad joojinta ayaa burburay iyadoo ay socdaan dagaalo xoogan oo cusub
Bishii Janaayo 2015. Heshiis cusub oo xabad joojin ah ayaa shaqeynayay tan iyo bartamihii Febraayo 2015, laakiin heshiiskan sidoo kale wuu ku guuldareystay inuu joojiyo dagaalka. Ruushka waxaa ku eedeeyay NATO iyo Ukraine in ay ku lug lahaayeen howlgalo milatari oo toos ah si ay u taageeraan Jamhuuriyadda Donetsk iyo Jamhuuriyadda Luhansk. Ruushku wuu beeninayaa, laakiin bishii Diseembar 2015, Madaxweynaha Ruushka Vladimir Putin wuxuu qirtay in saraakiisha sirdoonka militariga Ruushka ay ka howlgalayaan Ukraine, isagoo ku adkeysanaya in aysan la mid ahayn ciidamada caadiga ah. Ruushka ayaa qirtay in "kuwa iskaa wax u qabso ah" ee Ruushka ay caawiyaan gooni u goosadka Jamhuuriyadaha Dadka.