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The '''Donbas war''' began with the 2014 [[Obama administration]]-backed [[Maidan coup]] which overthrew the [[democracy|democratically]] elected government of [[Ukraine]].<ref>https://www.strategic-culture.org/news/2018/06/03/how-why-us-government-perpetrated-2014-coup-ukraine/</ref> Following the upheaval, [[Donetsk]] and [[Lugansk]] in the Don River Basin (or Donbas) of [[Eastern Europe]] declared their independence from [[Kyiv]] and became known as the self-proclaimed Donetsk and Lugansk People's Republics, collectively known as the Donbass region.
The '''Donbas war''' began with the 2014 [[Obama administration]]-backed [[Maidan coup]] which overthrew the [[democracy|democratically]] elected government of [[Ukraine]].<ref>https://www.strategic-culture.org/news/2018/06/03/how-why-us-government-perpetrated-2014-coup-ukraine/</ref> Following the upheaval, [[Donetsk]] and [[Lugansk]] in the Don River Basin (or Donbas) of [[Eastern Europe]] declared their independence from [[Kyiv]] and became known as the self-proclaimed Donetsk and Lugansk People's Republics, collectively known as the Donbas.
Since 2014, the [[Russian]] speaking majority of the region has been at war with Kyiv government. The two sides negotiated a truce in 2015 in the Minsk II Agreements.
Since 2014, the [[Russian]] speaking majority of the region has been at war with Kyiv government. The two sides negotiated a truce in 2015 in the Minsk II Agreements.