Ukraine has been at war since 2014 with the Donetsk People's Republic, which is a separatist area inside Ukraine with its own flag. Ukraine regards the governing people of Donetsk as terrorists, however the United Nations have condemned Ukraine for war crimes against the people of Donetsk. Putin had a problem with the war against the people of Donetsk, a lot of which were Russian.
As for the BBC and the like it's all we have since youtube blocked Russia today and the other news outlets claiming Russian propaganda as the reason, but if you have nothing to hide you have nothing to fear, and there's certainly more to this than meets the eye.
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