Again, you miserably failed to address my points. That is because the narrative you're spewing is a lie.
Why the hell should ethnic Russians live under the rule of an illegally-formed government of Ukrainian nationalists and neo-Nazis that hate and want to kill them?
The real victims FOR EIGHT YEARS have been those in Donetsk and Lugansk.
BTW, Ukraine is getting its ass kicked in the proxy war. There is ZERO chance of Ukraine gaining back any lost territory. The Russians have a 10-1 edge in ammo fired.
Facts: Russia illegally invading eastern Ukraine means nothing legally. The international community and law do not recognize any of this land in the East as Russian territory. Same goes for Crimea.
“Ukraine is getting its ass kicked in the proxy war”
Russia is not only getting its ass kicked, but it has eroded any credibility of an effective Russian military. The logistics are out of the Napoleonic Wars.
The plan to conquer all of Ukraine has failed. Russian should leave now, or lose Crimea.
“The invaders are in, and have been in Donbas...for the past eight years.”
Quite true. And now the Ukrainians are slaughtering them. Some 30,000 soldiers and mercenaries so far since the start of the year.