Honestly, I would try to find a summary from a leftist/socialist European party in your language. Those are often said to be close to Russia and that is partial

Honestly, I would try to find a summary from a leftist/socialist European party in your language. Those are often said to be close to Russia and that is partially true, but they plainly have better insights, even if socialism is not a all popular in Ukraine. You also don't have to like socialism, but they can substantiate their perspectives. Surprisingly good was aljazeera in their reporting, although I only read some articles and no article can go into any depth. You would need to start even before the orange revolution. Sadly search engines mostly get you the usual media suspects and I cannot find a good English source. Perhaps start here, that would put you in the middle of it. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/War_in_Donbas https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/War_in_Donbas This can explain why people are fighting in the first place, but of course people are also influenced by the old friends from the cold war. Be aware that Russia frames this as a civil war and the west as a Russian-Ukrainian war. The truth is indeed in between and Wikipedia is not a dependable source.