Disenfranchising those who defend with their own national border, language and culture against a genocidal foreign invasion is something Marxist Democrats do. Conservatives have always supported the natural rights of all peoples. There are some very confused folks these days on this issue. It’s sad see so many duped by such obvious Kremlin Bolshevik gaslighting.
Actually, the provinces in question did choose to separate from the rest of the Ukraine in order to preserve their native language and culture. The USA has fought both for and against such separatist movements in the past depending upon largely unintelligible criteria and the same bloodthirsty idiots will cheer it on in either case if that’s what the TV says to do. They’re happy as long as the bombs are flying and some mother’s son is dying without comfort in some muddy hole. But hey, you are at least politically savvy.