Oh, Ukrainian army was executing civilians in Donbas or was it a shooting war that was started, funded and supported by Putin.
Ukes started their mass murder in Odessa and sent Right Sector and Svoboda out east. Ethnic Russians opted out, got armed, and got help from friends in Russia. And thank god they did.
” or was it a shooting war that was started, funded and supported by Putin...”
Well, somehow, magically, the insurgents in Donbas were equipped with Russian military equipment (and not just old Soviet remnants). Including surface to air missile batteries... remember when they shot down Maylasian Air flight 17?
Not quite what you see in a popular uprising without foreign support.