Donbass Militia Accuses Kiev of Illegal Deployment of Weapons, Equipment Near Conflict Zone

Eastern Ukraine was thrust into a civil conflict in the spring of 2014, when Kiev deployed troops to crush nascent independence movements that sprang up in the aftermath of a Western-backed coup d’état in the Ukrainian capital. In early 2015, Russia, Germany and France facilitated a fragile ceasefire agreement between Kiev and the Donbass militias.