War in Donbass was a pseudo civil war: Russian soldiers and special forces, disguised as local insurgents, pretended they fight a civil war as they covered up a Russian invasion. Russia recruited some locals for that as well, promising a lot or pay for participation. Russia did it because they wanted to make it look as much as a civil war as possible. Some locals did join, thus boosting Russian cover-up.
In contrast Ukraine made a point to expose Russian involvement as much as possible.
It was as much of a war of information as much it was about situation on the ground. If Russia could convince the world, it's a civil war, they would have avoided sanctions and any responsibility for it. They later wanted to step in as a "neutral" party and serve as "peacekeepers" like they did in other post-Soviet conflicts. That is why they went to great length to cover it up and disguise it as insurgency.
In contrast if Ukraine wanted to deny Russia its objectives and kept exposing its involvement in everything that happened in Donbass.
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