Those have always been Russian areas. Any Ukrainian in the last 8 years in a public forum has said that.
You do nothing but spout lies and ignorance here.
Read some history.
There is also an ethnic Hungarian strip of land in Ukraine.
Before accusing someone of ignorance it might be helpful to actually do some research on the topic. Every ethnographic study for at least the past 150 years has shown these provinces to be ethnic Ukrainian, not Russian.
Published in 1879:
https://euromaidanpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/05/1879_nation_europe1.jpg
Published in 1914:
https://i.pinimg.com/originals/0f/09/3d/0f093d9ed319ed61b678a225cb86a69e.jpg
Published in 1949:
https://euromaidanpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/05/wMWjtUSAXoQ1.jpg
Published in 2001:
https://2.bp.blogspot.com/-hL85-21M0a4/VyigQss_JpI/AAAAAAAACTc/iZwo8Q8ZCIYyG8j-kdr8Hul2BTNPP0M8wCLcB/s1600/781f6031609e52f92003a7098d5fd73a.jpg
not true
none of what you is true.
Ukraine has been a country longer than russia has
you are projecting! It is you who needs to read history.
