“I think Putin will regret the Ukrainian War.”
Different animal.
According to the 2001 census, ethnic Ukrainians form 58% of the population of Luhansk Oblast and 56.9% of Donetsk Oblast. Ethnic Russians form the largest minority, accounting for 39% and 38.2% of the two oblasts respectively.[58] Modern Donbas is a predominately Russophone region. According to the 2001 census, Russian is the main language of 74.9% of residents in Donetsk Oblast and 68.8% in Luhansk Oblast.[59] The proportion of native Russian-speakers is higher than ethnic Russians because some ethnic Ukrainians and other nationalities also indicate Russian as their mother tongue.[citation needed]
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https://www.cnn.com/interactive/2022/02/europe/russia-ukraine-crisis-poll-intl/index.html
The question: “Russia and Ukraine should be one country?”
Western Ukraine - 1%.
Eastern Ukraine - 18%.
Not many Ukrainians want to be “united” with Russia.
The question: ““Russians and Ukrainians are ‘one people’”
Western Ukraine - 15%,
Eastern Ukraine - 48%.
No majority in any region.
And since the Revolution, the US is a majority English speaking nation. So using your logic, if Great Britain decides to retake us, we English speakers are going to support the British invasion?