Buuxi weedha soo socota: Iska horimaadyo milatari oo u dhexeeya mucaaradka taageersan Ruushka (oo ay taageerayaan militariga Ruushka) iyo ciidamada qalabka sida ee Ukraine ayaa ka bilowday bariga Ukraine bishii Abriil 2014. Bishii Sebtember 5, 2014, dowladda Ukraine iyo wakiillada Jamhuuriyadda Dadweynaha Donetsk iyo Jamhuuriyadda Dadweynaha Luhansk ayaa saxiixay heshiis xabad joojin ah (heshiis xabad joojin ah). Heshiiskii xabad joojinta ayaa burburay xili ay socdeen dagaalo culus
Dagaal cusub oo dhacay 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. Bishii Janaayo 2018, Verkhovna Rada waxay meel marisay sharci qeexaya aagagga ay qabsadeen Jamhuuriyadda Dadka Donetsk iyo Jamhuuriyadda Dadka Luhansk inay yihiin "si ku meel gaar ah u qabsadeen Ruushka", sharciga ayaa sidoo kale ugu yeeray Ruushka "dal soo duulay". 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.