Well, the Soviet method of pacification was to starve or deport the locals to Siberia and replace them with Russians, so, yes there are a lot of Russians in the Ukraine, particularly the East and South.
>>Well, the Soviet method of pacification was to starve or deport the locals to Siberia and replace them with Russians, so, yes there are a lot of Russians in the Ukraine, particularly the East and South.<<
BS. It was the case for Germans and some Muslim tribes only. Modern Ukrainian demographics are purely historical.