All of these are pro-Western sources that do a better job of acknowledging the reality of the situation better than you do. You seem to not only only accept pro-western news, but exclusively pro-western news that goes against the western consensus on the Donbass Region.
New York Times, reporting on Kiev using cluster bombs in the Donbass region in 2014
According to wikipedia, the vast majority of the donbass region voted for independence from Ukraine.
Wikipedia article, going over the Euromaidan coup from a pro-western perspective
Vice news, 9 years ago, in the Donetsk People’s Republic
All of these are pro-Western sources that do a better job of acknowledging the reality of the situation better than you do. You seem to not only only accept pro-western news, but exclusively pro-western news that goes against the western consensus on the Donbass Region.