@Paul_Friesen @dangillmor I guess you missed the 1991 referendum outcome? There was literally *no region* hoping to stay with Russia, not even Krimea. Even most of the Russian speaking minority in Ukraine preferred a separate country.
https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/1991_Ukrainian_independence_referendum

Let us never support a country that invades a neighbor, not even if they pretend that they are saving some of their 'own'..