The war in eastern Ukraine is a Kremlin-manufactured conflict. The arrival of "little green men" in Crimea in February 2014 transformed the conflict from a domestic altercation between citizens and their government to an international crisis.
Russia's War Against Ukraine
Atlantic Council: Here’s how the Kremlin manufactured a civil war in Ukraine
A Ukrainian serviceman walks along destroyed houses in Shyrokyne, Donetsk Oblast on June 29.
