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This is false. The war began on 12 April 2014, when a fifty-man commando unit headed by Russian citizen Igor Girkin seized Sloviansk in Donetsk oblast. He was later joined by Russian-backed rebels and Russian Army soldiers. https://www.themoscowtimes.com/2014/11/21/russias-igor-strelkov-i-am-responsible-for-war-in-eastern-ukraine-a41598 https://kyivindependent.com/russian-court-arrests-girkin-his-ally-gubarev-reportedly-detained/ https://meduza.io/en/feature/2023/07/22/i-pulled-the-trigger-on-the-war https://www.npr.org/sections/parallels/2015/01/06/372872870/the-russian-who-claims-credit-for-fanning-the-flames-in-ukraine https://www.polygraph.info/a/rt-ukraine-russia-donbas/6741704.html https://www.crisisgroup.org/content/conflict-ukraines-donbas-visual-explainer
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