Is It the Russian Government Who Started the War in Donbass?

In 2014 I was critical of the Ukrainian policy of military intervention in Donbass. This time it is Putin and his entourage who started the war were responsible for their Impressive number of casualties on both sides. In some way or another They have to be punished by the Russian people in the Russian society and Hopefully by the Russian military in one way or another. The Western Left should do what progressives should do in the United States and Canada first of all they have to support the peace movement in Russia.