you obviously need a refresher in history 2014 - us backed a coup in ukraine dpr and lpr did not recognize the illegal interim government and declared independence. the itnerim government announced an anti terrorist operation against dpr and lpr and started killing their own.
february 2022,a few days just before the war broke out, dpr, lpr and russia signed a security agreement, which allowed russia to move its main troops in to assist dpr and lpr against attacks of the ukro army, that has been shelling donbass, kidnapping, torturing and killing donbas people for 8 years.
