Those right-wing activists have been plying their trade with impunity in Ukraine since at least 2014. When Donbas found itself being shelled what should their correct course of action have been? They were pretty much alone in Ukraine. The authorities would not take action even though people were dying.
Nazi sympathisers in Ukraine go right back to WW2 when they were responsible for killing thousands of Jews and Poles. They still think it is OK to kill people they consider to be non-Ukrainian.
Putin decided to intercede on a conflict of his creation.
The "Separatist" regions didn't conjure up tanks, AA systems, artillery, rocket launchers without Putin funding them.
Virtually none of these people would be dead if not for Putin's SELF ADMITTED goal of recreating the USSR.
Until this year, most of what we heard about Ukraine was the corruption and the Nazis. For example, the left of centre Atlantic Council said:
Those right-wing activists have been plying their trade with impunity in Ukraine since at least 2014. When Donbas found itself being shelled what should their correct course of action have been? They were pretty much alone in Ukraine. The authorities would not take action even though people were dying.
Nazi sympathisers in Ukraine go right back to WW2 when they were responsible for killing thousands of Jews and Poles. They still think it is OK to kill people they consider to be non-Ukrainian.