“The qualifier “pro-Russian” suggests that Russia was a party to the conflict, which was not the case”
Fourth sentence says Russia was not a party to the conflict?
Say what? I stopped reading right there. Totally garbage article. I guess the Russian tanks and Little Green men didn’t really exist. Wow.
You might want to read more carefully. Of course their tanks and everything else were Russian. That’s the only brand of equipment anyone has in that neck of the woods. Defections from the Uke regime put that equipment in the hands of the pro-Russia side. Obviously Russia is helping them plenty now, but not much help was available when they were being shelled by nazis.