This earned him a death threat from the Ukrainians.
#1 will need to include people who lived there before 2014 and were chased out. And not include people who moved there from Russia after 2014
#2 is illogical, then you would say Estonia and Latvia should be part of Russia. And everything west of the original 13 colonies should belong to Spain or France or the UK.
#3 water supply could also come from Russia across the azov sea.
#4 it was neutral, but then Russia invaded in 2014
Also, the idea of elections in Kherson and Zaporizhzhia should be a non-starter. Why doesn't Russia hold similar elections in Chechnya?