[Kazan]

The Russians were protecting the population of Donbass, which overwhelmingly voted for a President that was illegal driven out of office by neo-Nazis and Ukrainian nationalists.

It was the people of Donetsk, Lugansk and Crimea that were the victims of the illegal coup in 2014.

Scum like you has no regard for their rights.

And, after the illegal coup, the Ukrainian government went out of its way to persecute and kill the people in Donetsk and Lugansk.

You're ridiculous.

[Petrosius]

Please spare me your rationalizations. Yanukovych fled the country and his successors were chosen by free elections (more than can be said about Putin). Donbas was then military seized by Russia. The 2014 referenda were held under duress under military occupation. There was no free campaign. Even so, the referenda only called for autonomy, not independence nor union with Russia. Nor was there the persecution of and attacks on the ethnic Russians that you allege. This is pure Russian propaganda. Why are you still repeating such lies? It gets wearisome.