They were shelling Muscovite troops who flooded in during the months following the appearance “green men” (Russian troops with ID removed from their uniforms) whom Putin sent in immediately after Ukraine’s Parliament removed of the traitor Viktor Fedorovych Yanukovych on 22 Feb 2014. This is well documented by several independent news organizations.
The Kiev Regime slaughtered more than 14000 innocent civilians. Their blood is in the hands of Neocons like you.