In Feb 2014 the democratically elected president of Ukraine was ousted by fascist extremists after months of western backed violence and intimidation. A deep state controlled puppet government was then installed in Kiev.
Absent constitutional order, the Eastern Ukrainian provinces comprising the Donbas chose self determination over fascism, and when that became untenable due to Kiev regime extremism and violence, they chose to align themselves with Russia and fight back.
Having suffered a humiliating defeat at the hands of the Russian backed Donetsk and Luhansk militias at Debaltsevo in 2015, the Kiev regime along with their deceitful Western allies signed the Minsk agreements (which we now know they never intended to implement), essentially freezing the conflict. For the next eight years the Kiev regime and their western sponsors maintained the pretense of negotiation for Donbas autonomy and reintegration while clandestinely rebuilding their military power (with direct Western support) and strengthening their fortifications along the line of contact.
Having installed a corrupt US President via rigged elections in 2020, the path was clear to provoke a war with Russia. This deep state plan was initially intended to take place four years earlier, but Donald Trump upset the apple cart by beating Hillary Clinton.
Aww how cute that you post the kremlins press release.
Yanukovych was anything but “democratically elected”. He was Putin’s hand picked puppet.
The reason why the people turned against Yanukovych was because he refused to follow through with previous promises to economically align with Europe and other countries. Your boi Putin was opposed to Ukraine having economic ties with the west.
And all the violence was from Ukrainian secret police loyal to Yanukovych, as well as russian Spetsnaz and FSB sent by your boi Putin to prop up Yanukovych.