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Autonomous republic. Look it up. It has a specific meaning, and it doesn't mean "not really part of".
I was talking about the opinion section of the study, not the identity part. The opinion section shows little concern for ethnic/culture questions, somewhere in the single digits. It also showed a majority favoring the status quo for Crimea, double the number that wanted to join Russia. What would have happened if Russia had not invaded Crimea and annexed them, as well as encouraging separatists in the Donbass region? We'll never know, because Russia never gave the Ukrainian government a chance. They just swept in with soldiers, held a sham election, and took it.
It kind of does actually. Autonomy means that the region is not fully subject to the laws of the Ukrainian state.
Oh but we do know because we know about the atrocities Ukraine has been committing in Donbas for the past 8 years. We literally have documentaries on the subject https://youtube.com/watch?v=AEOy0eRcJxo
Those only exist within the context of a separatist movement that was encouraged by Russia and the invasion and annexation of Crimea. There's no way to separate out any action by the Ukraine government from that situation that is largely caused by Russia.
There's a difference between just a base and actively operating in the region. Russia said it was sticking to its bases even as it was operating covertly. Well, maybe covertly is giving them too much credit, but they were trying and lying. Then poof! They were operating overly, a mock election was held, and Russia annexed Crimea.
I'll once again link the following slides from this lecture that Mearsheimer gave back in 2015 to get a bit of background on the subject. First, here's the demographic breakdown of Ukraine:
here's how the election in 2004 went:
this is the 2010 election:
As we can clearly see from the voting patterns in both elections, the country is divided exactly across the current line of conflict. Furthermore, a survey conducted in 2015 further shows that there is a sharp division between people of eastern and western Ukraine on which economic bloc they would rather belong to:
Painting that as "a separatist movement encouraged by Russia" is the height of dishonesty.
Just like NATO covertly planned and executed a color revolution that then poof overthrew the legitimate government in Ukraine.
You forgot to mention what platform Zelensky ran on there conveniently. Turned out to be a bit at odds with what his regime actually ended up doing.
Nice try, except that doesn't break down by region which is the whole point of the graphs I linked. It doesn't even mention if Donetsk was polled there. Given that it's been in a civil war going on, I'm going to go out on a limb and say that the Republican party think tank didn't go into contested regions to poll people.
Rendering the whole link irrelevant given that the discussion is about Donetsk and Crimea breaking away form Ukraine. Thanks for admitting that you linked an irrelevant source.
The regions that joined Russia are the ones that were not included in your polls, and where the fighting has been going on for the past eight years. The whole point is that the polls are completely irrelevant to the discussion of what people in these regions want.
None of which changes my original point does it.
The polls that are included in the image clearly show that even in places that were polled the opinion was divided. Meanwhile, demographic breakdowns from prior to 2014 clearly show why the regions separated.
And if you actually bother listening to the lecture linked in the comment you can get even more context. That way you'll be able to carry out an informed discussion on the subject in the future.
I'm not twisting anything here. I provided polls showing the public opinion in different regions before 2014. You fixated on the one picture from 2015, which simply provides additional information while conveniently ignoring the bigger context. Then you accuse me of twisting things. Hilarious!
I've repeatedly explained the reason which is that the sources do not discuss the regions in question. Based on our previous discussions, I'm not surprised you're still having trouble understanding that.
Please reread my reply as many times as you need to comprehend what I wrote.
While there are stark differences, all regions show a plurality preferring the EU.
So covert, there's no actual evidence that they planned it at all. Just insinuation and conjecture.
except that they clearly do not
There are mountains of evidence and entire research papers, but do go on.