Minsk agreements that Russia kept trying all specifically kept Donbas as part of Ukraine. Russia were happy to have Crimea immediately in 2014, they never wanted Donbas that's why it fucked around for years and years and years before this. Ukraine had almost no fucking army at all in 2014, that's why all the fighters were nazi batallions through Right Sector and Azov. Had they wanted it, they could have taken it without any resistance whatsoever back then.
Pretending this is about land grabbing that region is just absolute nonsense cooked up by liberals.
Minsk agreements that Russia kept trying all specifically kept Donbas as part of Ukraine. Russia were happy to have Crimea immediately in 2014, they never wanted Donbas that's why it fucked around for years and years and years before this. Ukraine had almost no fucking army at all in 2014, that's why all the fighters were nazi batallions through Right Sector and Azov. Had they wanted it, they could have taken it without any resistance whatsoever back then.
Pretending this is about land grabbing that region is just absolute nonsense cooked up by liberals.