Why didn’t Putin Take More of Ukraine in 2014?

As Girkin and the initial filibusters lost almost all their ground, in late August 2014 Russian regulars entered Eastern Ukraine. Why didn’t they go further? Why did they stop with the first Minsk Protocol (sort of)? Although the “Russian Spring” failed in Kharkov and such, Ukraine was in no position to resist in the East. Indeed, why were the little green men restricted to Crimea?

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