No one wants to be part of Russia, it can only be forced.
Crimea tried twice to rejoin Russia, once in the early 90s and once in 2014 when they overwhelming voted for it.
The DPR and LPR spent 8 years between 2014 and 2022 petitioning the Russian government to allow them to join Russia.
Millions of Ukrainians fled to and now live in Russia.
Ukrainian militants regularly complain about how many people in Eastern Ukraine refuse to leave their homes because they are eagerly waiting for the Russians to arrive.
Many people in Eastern Ukraine identify with Russian culture and would much rather be part of Russia than of the corrupt, dysfunctional, nazified Ukraine.
Every year tens of thousands of immigrants from neighboring former Soviet states arrive in Russia.
Crimea tried twice to rejoin Russia, once in the early 90s and once in 2014 when they overwhelming voted for it.
The DPR and LPR spent 8 years between 2014 and 2022 petitioning the Russian government to allow them to join Russia.
Millions of Ukrainians fled to and now live in Russia.
Ukrainian militants regularly complain about how many people in Eastern Ukraine refuse to leave their homes because they are eagerly waiting for the Russians to arrive.
Many people in Eastern Ukraine identify with Russian culture and would much rather be part of Russia than of the corrupt, dysfunctional, nazified Ukraine.
Every year tens of thousands of immigrants from neighboring former Soviet states arrive in Russia.