Surely Everyone Knew NATO's Plan To Attack The Donbas Republics.

https://www.rt.com/russia/554528-string-terrorist-attacks-transnistria-breakaway-region/

They were certainly vocal enough about them.

https://edition.cnn.com/2022/02/03/politics/us-alleges-russian-false-flag-ukraine/index.html

The only mystery is why anyone was prepared to go along with them.

Let alone continue to go along with them now NATO have been manoeuvred, left on the heels and desperate to scare up support.