Let's start off with a little history refresher. At this point, should have been hit hard, and with sufficient force, but Kiev was a mess and the West pushed the brake to the fullest not only "to provocate". I was going to break a blood vessel, when I knew what was happening.
The "history refresher" is riddled with quite a few omissions of important events, not to mention manipulation of what actually happened, so I will take the liberty to fill in these gaps, and correct the narrative.
Step -3: The west has been grooming the Ukro-Nazis for a very long time. Germany (representing the EU) was grooming its stooge Vitaly Klitschko, while the US was grooming its stooge, Arsenic "Nuland's Boy" Yatz. Both have been trying to control the government in Ukraine for a very long time.
Step -2: As the struggle for influence between the two power-blocs, the US Assistant Secretary of State, used a pornographic comments targeted at the EU, and also distributed cookies to those Nazi-Fascist mobs in Ukraine.
Step -1: A Nazi-Fascist backed
coup d'état takes place, following a sniper attack, and Ukraine's President is forced to flee. Several people are shot dead. The Berkut is falsely accused, and it doesn't stop there. Russia is also falsely accused, despite there being pictures of Victoria Nuland and John McCain hanging out with Nazi-Fascist leaders of Ukraine.
Step 0: Ethnic Russians were massacred by Nazi gangs in Odessa. The Kiev regime blames the victims. Survivors were arrested and false charges slapped against them.
Step 1: Crimea. FSB, GRU, Malofejev "consultants" (self-defense forces formers) + In Crimea existing and VDV troops.
The existing troops in Crimea were VMFR troops. They were there legally, and their strength, at no point, exceeded the legally allowed limit.
Step 2: Malofejev consultants Strelkov and Borodai transferred from the Crimea to Eastern Ukraine. The People's Republic of Donetsk, violent power take-over, the separatist administration is established. Hard propaganda war begins: Kiev authorities are seized by the Nazis, who come to slaughter all the Russian-speaking infants all the way down.
The occupation of government buildings in E. Ukraine was bloodless. So this claim of "violent power take-over" reeks of a desperate attempt at re-fabrication of facts. The violence started when the Kiev regime forces began to bomb civilians and militia alike in E. Ukraine.
Step 3: Reinforcements of the site (Putin: Russia does not have anything to do with this) to provide background support. Don Cossacks are the first: they support the Luhansk first and moving to different parts support drinking, and Plundering:
Russia has everything to do with it. It is a direct threat to Russia, and Russia's access to the Black Sea. NATO was planning to set up a base and companies from NATO countries had already signed contracts for infrastructure projects in Crimea.
Step 4: Add the reinforcements from Kadyrov, the Vostok battalion, some Ossetians, tsetnikkes Serbia, Rostov mercenaries.
Add the reinforcement to the existing local population of E. Ukraine, who rose up against the Kiev regime, that ousted the President they had elected to office.
Step 5: Firearms and heavy equipment little by little over. Action is disputed.
Firearms and heavy equipment was also supplied to the Kiev regime from NATO member states. There are plenty of pictures of Polish and Czech-Slovak made BTR variants in this thread as evidence. There is also evidence of helmets and military rations supplied by NATO countries.
Step 6: UA's air operation inconvenience. Exported to region more anti aircraft missiles. MH17.
The Kiev regime moved BUK-M1 missile systems prior to the crash of the MH-17. Fuselage has uniform and circular holes resembling 30 mm bullet holes, that can be fired from a Sukhoi-25. Ukraine has Sukhoi-25 in its inventory. Russia detects a fighter jet at the time of the crash. Russia demands ATC transcript. Kiev regime dithers. Somebody goes into Wikipedia and edits the service ceiling of a Sukhoi-25. Wikipedia bans IPs from US Congress citing disruptive editions to Wikipedia articles. Western politicians scramble for the microphone and begin to accuse Russia.
Step 7: ATO-operation is beginning to realize as and bite. Donetsk will have blockaded. Ukraine can already MH17 place of intimacy and soothe it. Terrorists shoot at area, the researchers are not able to start. Stubb give Medvedev Joint Statement on "objective examination of the need to". Russia's permanent forces is described moving to the border and cross-border Krasnodon + Torez the road becomes heavy mechanized battalions.
Western fairy-tale websites continue to peddle unverified satellite images that prove nothing. Jane's Defense Weekly publishes a satellite image from a source, that claimed it was taken near Belgorod, while, on close inspection, no land feature matched the satellite image, further fuelling suspicion about the honesty of western media. Sensible people draw reference to similar satellite images of WMDs in Iraq. Western politicians, and government controlled propaganda media continue to bleat their respective government's narratives. Norwegian newspaper Dagbladet busts false news published by New York Times.
Shortly before the start of the Russian counter-attack Maanpuolustus.net (finnish military forum) activated by a couple of names that forcefully attack the info of regular Russian troops and support data showing against. The attack is already in progress when the MP Tom Packalén Facebook to question the evidence of Russian troops. August has already been a long war, and for many months. The daily Finnish newspaper speaks of "pro Russian" and others. OSCE did not see any Russian anywhere.
There has been no Russian counterattack. The attach started with the Kiev regime forces slaughtering civilians in E. Ukraine. Russia provides armour, trucks, RPG and light weapons to the militia so that they can protect the civilians of E. Ukraine, and themselves, from the Kiev regime's forces. In the interim, while pro-Russians and ethnic Russian continue to get bombed, the western nations, especially some from Russia's neighbourhood, continue to squeal about "Russian aggression."
Step 8: Russia itself no longer hide their efforts when the operation is done. The frozen conflict. Poroshenko negotiating.
The international community is exposed to killed Kiev regime goons with Swastika Tattoos. Videos of summary executions begin to filter through the western media echo chamber. Mass graves are discovered. Western media loses face. Finally, Reuters, decides to report that what RT has been claiming from the beginning, about the fake charges brought against Berkut following the Kiev sniper attack. British Brainwashing Corporation also decides to report the mass graves. Poroshenko decides to negotiate.
PROPHECY: Step 9: Poroshenko will make additional agreements. Donetsk airfield? Mining? Akhmetov's role?
Reasonable hypothesis, and, not the only one.