[Golden Eagle]

Wrong. These areas are Russian leaning, if not speaking, and have been for decades. Here’s a map of the last supposed election in Ukriane:

[Alter Kaker]

Here’s a map of the last supposed election in Ukriane:

2010? That was three elections ago - makes it hard to take the rest of what you say seriously. And if you really think Kharkiv and Odesa are supporting Putin, you are mistaken. Putin has done the impossible - he's unified Ukraine politically (against Russia.)

[Cronos]

That was in 2010. Ever since Putin invaded in 2014 more and more people who were leaning towards Moscow have moved against Moscow.

[Cronos]

and if you focus on the 2019 election first round

boyko is pro Russian

[MalPearce]

Thing with posting disingenuous maps from 2012 is, the electoral map of America would show 3 electoral college votes for Obama for every 2 cast for Romney, and none at all for a Tea Party/Trump leader.

In effect your map shows the same reasoning as the Never Trumpers.

The electoral maps in later elections in both Ukraine and the USA tell completely different stories. As well you know.

Russian leaning sentiments have collapses because of the Special Military Operation. In Zaporizhzhia, only 38000 voted for annexation out of a population of over 900,000. If you want to play silly buggers with statistics, that’s not even 5%.