And that’s what the problem in the Donbass region was, at least according to the video. Basically ethnic Russians fighting ethnic Ukrainians. The government that gained power in 2014 demoted the Russian language as one of the official languages. IDK but the ethnic Russians were probably part of the 31% who didn’t want NATO.
Seems like this type of ethnic tension, especially if the minority perceives itself as being suppressed, is the root of a lot of conflicts. The Balkan Wars of the 1990’s are a great example.
I really doubt this was about ethnic tension. It was about OIL. We didn’t hear shiite about ethnic tensions in Dumbass Donbass until after oil & gas were discovered.
Oil was discovered while it was Ukraine, so it should be Ukrainian oil & gas. If those ethnic whatevers wanna have their own ethnic republic, let them make enough waves to have a referendum without any Russian interference, but they shouldn’t get one drop of oil nor one liter of natural gas, because we all know this is about energy, not enthicity.