Let's step back a second and examine the details of what is happening.

Thought experiment: at a granular level, what is happening on the ground in the Donbass republics? When Russian soldiers arrive, how are they being received? Similarly, how were the agents of the Russian state received when they annexed Crimea? In these pieces of territory, when it becomes explicit that they are under the direct control of Russia, how are the populations of people who live on that land reacting? Has anyone seen signs that there is a rebellion against the switch to Russian control?

I have seen no such signs. It appears to me that when the Russians moved into Crimea, and now when they are moving into the Donbass, those who live in Crimea and the Donbass are accepting them with no pushback. I also don't sense this as a reaction of fear; rather it is a reaction that this is the most logical solution. Because of the culturally Russian nature of the populations within these regions, the fact that they were considered part of the "Ukranian" state was more the anomaly to begin with, to the extent that the Ukranian state is opposed to the Russian state. The current moment is a natural correction of that original mistake.

Russians are taking control over a group of cultural Russians who find more kinship with them than they do with the Ukranian state. To call this a problem makes no sense. The Russians are not "invading" because they need attack nobody. They walk in, the population says "this is better" and you're done. The line on the map now reflects more accurately the ethnic/cultural makeup of the population who lives there.

The Ukranian state gets butthurt, but that's just their pride talking. They never exerted anything but a nominal claim in the first place. Why is Ukraine so hell-bent on trying to hold on to a group of people who are making it quite clear the Ukranian state is not welcome there?

As to the "Klaus Schwabs" (looking at you, Victoria Nuland...) in this situation, they can just fuck right off.