>>Ethnic Russians make up 17% of the population of Ukraine.
That’s not “a good many”.<<
Numbers like that means nothing in terms of Ukrainian demographics.
That 17% are people who clearly identifies themselves as Russians. They don’t know a word in Ukrainian, they are refusing to stand to Ukrainian anthem and has a Russian flag flying in their yards.
Another 40% of Ukrainians actually calls themselves Ukrainians but they still don’t speak Ukrainian, they are watching only Russian movies, listening to Russian music, and they are getting their news from Russian media. They are Ukrainians in name only.
A little less than 75% of parliament voted for impeachment.