[MeganC]

They were not independent. They were seized by the Red Army, their government was replaced with Russians from Moscow, and they were annexed into the Russian Empire.

But since you like independence when will Russia be leaving Chechnya and honoring their independence?

[Jan_Sobieski]

Either you are a liar, or too stupid to read and understand History. Eastern and Southern Ukrainians disenfranchised by a Revolution, seceded, creating independent Republics (Crimea voting for Russian annexation). What part of Revolution do you not understand? Do You think disenfranchised voters are compelled to follow Revolutionaries? Do they not have a right to choose their Governance and their allies? You may have kids who will die in a coming war to further the overthrow of Ukrainian Democracy and make Ukraine safe for LGBTQI New World Order Governance. Does that excite you?

If Ukrainian Leadership (or Western Leadership) were interested in peace, they would have let the disenfranchised secede. But they won’t because this is about furthering the NWO.