The '''Donbas war''' began in July 2014 when the U.S.-backed [[Maidan regime]] bombed its own citizens in [[Donetsk]] and [[Lugansk]]. The genocidal conflict to drive ethnic Russians out of the oil and gas rich [[Donbas]] received little, if any attention from Western media and political leaders for the next eight years. | The '''Donbas war''' began in July 2014 when the U.S.-backed [[Maidan regime]] bombed its own citizens in [[Donetsk]] and [[Lugansk]]. The genocidal conflict to drive ethnic Russians out of the oil and gas rich [[Donbas]] received little, if any attention from Western media and political leaders for the next eight years. |