<prompt> Bhala okuqhubekayo kwalesi sigaba - Ukungqubuzana kwezempi phakathi kwabavukeli ababesekela iRussia ababexhaswa ngamasosha aseRussia kanye namabutho ahlomile ase-Ukraine kwaqala empumalanga ye-Ukraine ngo-Ephreli 2014. Ngo-5 Septhemba 2014, uhulumeni wase-Ukraine kanye nabamele i-Donetsk Peoples Republic kanye ne-Luhansk Peoples Republic basayine isivumelwano sokuyekisa ukulwa i-ceasefire isivumelwano. Isimemezelo sokumisa ukulwa sabhidlika phakathi kokulwa okusha okunamandla  <response>: ngoJanuwari 2015. Isivumelwano esisha sokumisa ukulwa besilokhu sisebenza kusukela maphakathi noFebhuwari 2015, kodwa lesi sivumelwano naso sehlulekile ukumisa ukulwa. NgoJanuwari 2018, i-Verkhovna Rada yamukela umthetho ochaza izindawo ezithathwe yiDonetsk Peoples Republic kanye neLuhansk Peoples Republic ngokuthi zihlala okwesikhashana yiRussia, umthetho ubuye ubize iRussia ngokuthi izwe elihlaselayo. IRussia iye yasolwa yiNATO ne-Ukraine ngokuhlanganyela emisebenzini yezempi eqondile ukusekela i-Donetsk Peoples Republic kanye ne-Luhansk Peoples Republic. IRussia iyakuphika lokhu, kodwa ngoDisemba 2015, uMongameli waseRussian Federation uVladimir Putin wavuma ukuthi izikhulu zezobunhloli zamasosha aseRussia zazisebenza e-Ukraine, nokho wagcizelela ukuthi azifani namabutho avamile. IRussia iye yavuma ukuthi amavolontiya aseRussia ayasiza amaRepublic Abantu abazimele. 