The western orchestrated coup and the subsequent massacres and bombings of pro-Russian and Russian speaking civilians by the new Kiev regime and its Nazi paramilitaries in response to the growing anti-Maidan protests led to the seizure of local governments and formation of people’s self-defense militias in the Donbass which marked the start of the 8 year conflict that followed.
Some sources on the 2014 coup and aftermath:
https://www.theinteldrop.org/2023/11/21/euromaidan-the-cia-color-revolution-that-brought-ukraine-to-ruin/
https://thegrayzone.com/2023/12/11/ukrainian-maidan-massacre-false-flag/
https://covertactionmagazine.com/2023/04/16/u-s-nato-involvement-in-the-2014-ukraine-coup-and-maidan-massacre-the-soft-power-ecosystem-and-beyond/
https://vtforeignpolicy.com/2023/05/burned-alive-how-the-2014-odessa-massacre-became-a-turning-point-for-ukraine/
https://theindicter.com/from-odessa-to-lugansk-the-massacres-starting-the-donbass-uprising-in-2014-inna-kukuruza-has-not-been-forgotten/
https://en.topwar.ru/46856-boynya-v-mariupole-podrobnosti.html
https://en.ua2.news/265-the-air-raid-on-lugansk-on-june-2-2014-is-a-war-crime-of-ukraine.html
The western orchestrated coup and the subsequent massacres and bombings of pro-Russian and Russian speaking civilians by the new Kiev regime and its Nazi paramilitaries in response to the growing anti-Maidan protests led to the seizure of local governments and formation of people’s self-defense militias in the Donbass which marked the start of the 8 year conflict that followed.