Why am I saying civil war? Because Kiev/Ukraine shelled Donetsk for 8 years when everybody assumed Donetsk was part of Ukraine.
“Why am I saying civil war? Because Kiev/Ukraine shelled Donetsk for 8 years when everybody assumed Donetsk was part of Ukraine.”
It was a civil war? Then why were the Russians repeatedly shooting at the Ukrainians between 2014 and 2022?
https://glasnostgone.org/2019/07/13/russian-artillery-filmed-shelling-ukraine-territory/
Also, the Russians had no qualms about shelling Donetsk...
https://empr.media/video/war-in-ukraine/russian-armed-forces-shelling-donetsk-ukraine-2/
https://empr.media/video/war-in-ukraine/russian-armed-forces-shelling-donetsk-in-ukraine/