“And, ethnic Russians had every right to declare independence, fight a civil war and seek help from and join the Russian Federation after WE fomented an illegal coup in 2014 and installed an Ukrainian nationalist government that was hostile to their ethnicity.”
No.
They had no right to cause a civil war. They had no right to invite Russian troops into Ukraine. You would allow hispanics to start a civil war and invite Mexican troops in because an administration took over that didn’t want America to be dominated by Mexico?
Ethnic Russians were suppose to tolerate being discriminated against and murdered.
Heil Hitler to you. You'd make a great member of the Azov Battalion.