Are you sure? I've read where most of the people in the occupied areas consider themselves more Russian than Ukraine.
Admittedly, I don't really know. I do know that Ukraine has almost zero chance of pushing the Russians back out.
I am basing my thoughts on historical precedent. I understand the whole, “Russian speaking” population argument. But, I also understand that the natural state of humans is they don’t like being “occupied.”
And I never underestimate the CIA’s ability to screw things up.
Time will tell.