Dee ihe na-aga n'ihu maka paragraf a - Ka ọ na-erule Ọgọstụ 2014, "Ọrụ Mgbochi Iyi ọha egwu" nke Ukraine nwere ike belata ókèala dị n'okpuru njikwa nke ndị agha na-akwado Russia, wee rute nso ịchịkwa ókèala Russia na Ukraine. Igor Girkin gbara ndị agha Russia ume ka ha tinye aka, ma kwuo na ahụmịhe ọgụ nke ndị agha ya na-adịghị n'usoro, yana nsogbu ndị ọrụ n'etiti ndị obodo nọ na Donetsk Oblast kpatara ihe ndọghachi azụ. Ọ gwara onye isi ala Russia bụ Vladimir Putin, na-ekwu na: "Mmeri a meriri n'agha a n'ókèala nke Onye isi ala Vladimir Putin n'onwe ya kpọrọ New Russia ga-eyi ike nke Kremlin egwu, na, n'onwe ya, ike nke onye isi ala". N'ịzaghachi ọnọdụ na-akawanye njọ na Donbas, Russia hapụrụ usoro ngwakọ ya, wee bido mwakpo ọdịnala na mpaghara ahụ. Ihe ịrịba ama mbụ nke mbuso agha a bụ 25 August 2014 njide nke otu ndị agha Russia na-arụ ọrụ na mpaghara Ukraine site na ọrụ nchekwa Ukraine (SBU). SBU wepụtara foto ha, na aha ha. N'ụbọchị na-eso ya, Mịnịstrị na-ahụ maka nchekwa na Rọshịa kwuru na ndị agha a gafere oke ala ahụ "na mberede". Dabere na atụmatụ Nikolai Mitrokhin, ka ọ na-erule etiti Ọgọstụ 2014 n'oge Agha Ilovaisk
, enwere ndị agha dị n'agbata 20,000 na 25,000 na-alụ ọgụ na Donbas n'akụkụ ndị kewapụrụ onwe ha, naanị n'agbata 40% na 45% bụ "ndị obodo".