This was the whole reason why Putin said that Russia wasnt bound by the Minsk agreement- because he had no part in the war
the idea that russia only invaded ukraine because ukraine started to attack and that Puin never intended to replace zelensky was laughable- putin had a team in place to replace him
https://www.republicworld.com/world-news/russia-ukraine-cris...
one of Yanukovihs aides was on twitter having to leave ukraine hed arrived as part of the invasion force, thinking itd be over in a few days
Putin suplying arms and tanks is pretty well doccumented https://www.bbc.com/news/world-europe-27849437 and there have been a lot of exampes of russias involement in the seperatist republics https://www.theguardian.com/world/2015/mar/25/russia-ukraine... https://www.forbes.com/sites/paulroderickgregory/2016/09/06/...
This was the whole reason why Putin said that Russia wasnt bound by the Minsk agreement- because he had no part in the war
the idea that russia only invaded ukraine because ukraine started to attack and that Puin never intended to replace zelensky was laughable- putin had a team in place to replace him https://www.republicworld.com/world-news/russia-ukraine-cris... one of Yanukovihs aides was on twitter having to leave ukraine hed arrived as part of the invasion force, thinking itd be over in a few days