I’ve traveled the Donbas. My wife is from Alchevsk. It is all laughs for you maybe. We are very serious about opposing the Russians.
Why?
Ethnicity
Russians: 51.6%
Ukrainians: 44.7%
Belarusians: 1.1%
Language
Russian: 83.6%
Ukrainian: 15.3%
Belarusian: 0.1%
Armenian: 0.1%
Romani: 0.1%
Well I think it will become part of Russia. 2001 but still.
I know a lot of Serbs who wanted Kosovo to stay with Serbia. Life is hard.
Look at us. Not many colonists wanted to be free of England as I recall.