Do you side with (((Azov))) or the based Donbass separatists?

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[–]JuliusCaesar225Nationalist + Socialist 1 insightful - 1 fun1 insightful - 0 fun2 insightful - 1 fun -  (1 child)

If I am not mistaken Russians are in these areas of Ukraine because they were put there by the Soviet Union to undermine Ukrainian national identity.

[–]VraiBleuScots Protestant, Ulster Loyalist 1 insightful - 1 fun1 insightful - 0 fun2 insightful - 1 fun -  (0 children)

The exact reverse of those Soviet policies also happened, especially in the early years. Remember there were plenty of non-Russian Bolsheviks.

Historically, the Ukrainians, Russians & even Turkic horse nomads all have a claim to the lands east of the Dniepr, but Russians have been a majority in much of it since at least the last first half of the 19th century