The conflict in #Donbas broke out in 2014, when the interim government that had seized power in🇺🇦after a coup sent forces to #Donetsk and #Lugansk. The war between parts of what was once one peaceful country has been raging for over7⃣years now. ➡️More: https://t.co/boAx3KoXLA https://t.co/sLDdljhIsU

#Nebenzia: #Donetsk and #Lugansk People's Republics declared independence from #Ukraine🇺🇦 back in 2014, but we recognized it only today, despite broad support for such step both in the republics and among the Russian🇷🇺 society that could be seen at the very beginning. https://t.co/TxAa4uE3te

#Nebenzia: What’s more, #Kiev did its best to sabotage and ultimately ruin the #MinskAgreements. Most importantly, it rejected direct negotiations with #Donetsk and #Lugansk, even though this requirement was a central fundamental element of the #MinskPackage. https://t.co/O4H4iOXjiv

#Nebenzia: #Donetsk and #Lugansk clearly saw what Ukraine🇺🇦 they were offered to get back to. Nevertheless, they never defied the #MinskAgreements, they believed they would be implemented and the two regions would receive special status https://t.co/qu4dSSFPYS https://t.co/NMPwYs3W1H

#Nebenzia: Ukraine’s provocations against Donbas not only failed to stop, but actually intensified, that's why DPR & LPR turned to us requesting military support under bilateral agreements on cooperation that had been signed simultaneously with recognition of #Donetsk & #Lugansk. https://t.co/ynwHuMYP4D

#Nebenzia: West left behind the story how the Maidan junta that rose to power after the coup d'état in #Kiev in 2014 waged war on the people of eastern #Ukraine, firing at residential quarters from guns and multiple rocket launchers and air-dropping bombs on #Donetsk & #Lugansk. https://t.co/HGzLaYxqop