Donbas voted to leave Uk and join Russia. Years ago. That is primary goal, not some list floated by MSM and those wanting to continue to profit from Uk’s primary industries; money laundering and sex trafficking — the Biden family business.
If you believe that, I have a bridge to sell you. Those so-called referenda were conducted under military occupation by the occupying forces. No authority in the world accepts them. Furthermore, recent independent polls in 2020 and 2022 show that the residents of Donbas prefer union with Ukraine over one with Russia 2:1.