For the everyday citizen in Ukraine there's probably not a dime's worth of difference living under Russian rule or under the corrupt Zelenskyy... Zelenskyy's fighting for the right to be corrupt and Russia's fighting for past glory and the right to stop NATO incursion. " The people" are trapped in the middle. Maybe 'the people' should vote on this... wouldn't that be a novel solution?
One of the stated objectives by Russia is to eliminate the Ukrainian culture. Look at Crimea, Ukrainians under Russia have been treated as second class citizens