The people of Donbas *did not* request anything of the sort. The "vote" Russia held was a blatant sham, held quite literally at gunpoint. And ethnic Russians are a *minority* of the population in Donbas, so even if the ethnic Russians really do want to be part of Russia, they don't get to override the Ukrainian majority.
The people of Donbas *did not* request anything of the sort. The "vote" Russia held was a blatant sham, held quite literally at gunpoint. And ethnic Russians are a *minority* of the population in Donbas, so even if the ethnic Russians really do want to be part of Russia, they don't get to override the Ukrainian majority.