No, I live in Ukraine. 

If "Donbass fighters" were fighting alone they could not have lasted even a year. It was russian invasion from the beginnings. But I got your point. I think it is almost impossible to get the right picture if you are not living here and haven't seen all the details. In 2014 I saw in Kharkiv buses with russian numbers. russia brought people in to pose as demonstrators from Kharkiv against the Kiev government.
But lets stop here, I've had so many discussions on this subject over the last few years that I'm sick of it all. I just want to live a normal life as much as possible under the shelling here.