 Kubva pakupera kwaFebruary 2014, kuratidzira kwemapoka anotsigira Russia uye anopesana nehurumende kwakaitika mumaguta makuru kumabvazuva nekumaodzanyemba kweUkraine, zvichitevera kufamba kweEuromaidan uye shanduko yeUkraine ya2014. Munguva yechikamu chekutanga chekusagadzikana, chinozivikanwa se Russian Spring , nzvimbo yeUkraine yeCrimea yakabatanidzwa neRussian Federation mushure mekupindira kwemauto eRussia, uye yakashoropodzwa nenyika dzese a hrefUnited20Nations20General20Assembly20Resolution20262based on UN resolution 68262a Crimean referendum. Zviratidziro muDonetsk uye Luhansk matunhu oblasts yakakwidziridzwa kuva pfuti pro-Russian separatist kupandukira. Kubva mukupera kwa2014, maguta ari kunze kwenzvimbo yekurwira yeDonbas, akadai seKharkiv, Odessa, Kyiv neMariupol, akarohwa nemabhomba akanangana nemasangano ekubatana neUkraine. Kuti arambe achidzora kumaodzanyemba nokumabvazuva kweUkraine, hurumende yakatanga Basa Rokurwisa Ugandanga ATO, ichitumira mauto kuti apedze mhirizhonga. 