<prompt> Bhala ukuqhubeka kwalesi sigaba - amabutho aseRussia nemishini yaqhubeka nokubamba iqhaza eMpini Yesibili yesikhumulo sezindiza iDonetsk kanye neMpi yaseDebaltseve  <response>: . futhi. Umbiko okhishwe yiRoyal United Services Institute ngoMashi 2015 wathi ukuba khona kwenani elikhulu lamasosha aseRussia endaweni yase-Ukraine sekube isici esihlala njalo sempi eDonbas kusukela ekuhlaselweni kuka-Agasti 2014. Ngemuva kokunqotshwa kwe-Ukraine eDebaltseve, amaqembu angqubuzanayo asayina isivumelwano seMinsk II sokuqeda ukulwa ngoFebhuwari 15, 2015. La magama ayemuhle kakhulu eRussia, ngoba ayedinga ukuthi i-Ukraine inikeze isimo esikhethekile ezindaweni eziphethwe ama-separatist, futhi izibuyisele e-Ukraine, ngokufana ne-federalisation eyayisekelwa ababhikishi abasekela i-Russia ekuqaleni kuka-2014. Lokhu kwakuyokwenza iRussia ibe njengehange elingamasu e-Ukraine elingase lisetshenziselwe ukuvimbela ukuhlanganiswa kwalelo zwe ne-European Union noma ne-NATO esikhathini esizayo. Engqungqutheleni yabezindaba ngomhlaka-17 Disemba 2015, umongameli waseRussia uVladimir Putin wavuma okokuqala ukuthi kube khona ukutholakala kwezempi zaseRussia esifundeni saseDonbas, yize athi lokhu akusho ukuthi kunamabutho aseRussia lapho. Ngo-24 Ephreli 2019, uMongameli Putin wakhipha umyalo wokusheshisa inqubo yokuthola ubuzwe baseRussia kubahlali bezindawo eziphethwe yi-DPR ne-LPR. Lokhu kufana nalokho okwenziwa iRussia kwezinye izifunda ezivikelwe yiRussia ezasungulwa ngemva kwezingxabano zeSoviet, kuhlanganise naseTransnistria, e-Abkhazia, naseNingizimu Ossetia. 