Perhaps you remember that half of Ukraine didn't want to get sucked into Russia's version of socialist muck, precipitating this crisis in the first place.
They decided to overthrow their own government, and did so without a plan for what to do next. Dumb move since that opened up the vacuum for Putin to move in.
So partition the place. Those that want EU oligarchs can go with them. Those who want Russian can go with them. The problem is solved thanks to self determination, pity we don`t have that right.