[cunning_fish]

In fact I believe the majority of Ukrainian population are pro-Russian, but if they can’t organize and stand to this “peaceful” mob attacking “oppressive” government they deserve to be ignored.
Let Ukraine close it’s plans and farms providing millions of jobs and billions in taxes selling goods to Russia.
I guess Western Ukrainian leechers have no idea what freedom is. They simply want their welfare from EU which is longer than Russian. And they don’t really care about hardworking Ukrainians.

[annalex]

There is no welfare coming to them; it is not even an EU membership, not even an open border agreement. The nationalists simply want a national government. I am very happy for them.

[skinkinthegrass]

that said, after the (Soviet) terror-famine of '29-'33; many Russians
were resettled there, after the region was forcibly "de-populated".