Perhaps such a thing should happen, I don't know the actual popularity of the independence movement. Wouldn't want to stumble into another "revolution of our time" where most people oppose it. But I am not aware of Russia bombarding Chenya either, so I think all the Intel is on your side there. Ukraine certainly doesn't seem to respect them, considering the origin of the "Orc" meme . . .

But Russia would have had much weaker justification if it hadn't spent the 8 years prior to the invasion trying to negotiate a peaceful solution to the bombardment which Ukraine, again, handled in a deceitful and destructive manner.

Certainly the Russian military needs to be disassembled eventually, since the Federation is a liberal state and thereby only very circumstantially helpful, but I'd be careful about equivocation in the context of the west and its Banderite dogs.