Quote Originally Posted by OngBonga View Post
It's murky in the East of Ukraine.
It's historically part of Ukraine. There's ethic Russians living there because Russia owned Ukraine for much of its history. They might exist, but they are in the minority.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Russians_in_Ukraine

(Didn't know Crimea was majority Russian)

The idea that the Russians are just liberating areas of the Donetsk that want to be Russian would have more weight if they had just invaded there and stopped. Seems more like a convenient excuse to me.


Meanwhile 12% of Edinburgh is etnically English, comparable to 14% Russians in Kherson province that Russia also invaded.