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<blockquote data-quote="vantexan" data-source="post: 5234696" data-attributes="member: 24302">The United States has people of different ethnicities who are all U.S. citizens.&nbsp; The same holds true for many countries including Ukraine.&nbsp; During Soviet days Russians were often moved into other Soviet republics.&nbsp; After the collapse many went back to Russia but many also stayed where they lived because that&#039;s what they knew and where they were established.&nbsp; The Donbas has most of Ukraine&#039;s heavy industry and ethnic Russians have spent generations there working in it.&nbsp; Since Russians were no longer dominating the various former republics as they had in Soviet days there has been growing discontent.&nbsp; Happened in Georgia where Putin invaded and carved off two areas that were predominantly ethnic Russian.&nbsp; And the Donbas is predominantly ethnic Russian.&nbsp; By the way most citizens of the former Soviet Union were at least bilingual.&nbsp; Required Russian studies in school.&nbsp; Met a woman in Kyrgyzstan who spoke Kyrgyz, Russian, and English.&nbsp; Ukrainians typically speak Ukrainian and Russian and since so many move to work in other countries quite a few know Polish, German, and English.&nbsp; Why don&#039;t we give the American Southwest back to Mexico?&nbsp; Why doesn&#039;t the U.K. give Northern Ireland back to Ireland?&nbsp; We could go on and on with examples but in Ukraine&#039;s case they probably don&#039;t want to lose all that heavy industry.&nbsp; They&#039;re already a poor country.&nbsp; You&#039;ll have to ask them as they don&#039;t ask me what they should do.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="vantexan, post: 5234696, member: 24302"] The United States has people of different ethnicities who are all U.S. citizens. The same holds true for many countries including Ukraine. During Soviet days Russians were often moved into other Soviet republics. After the collapse many went back to Russia but many also stayed where they lived because that's what they knew and where they were established. The Donbas has most of Ukraine's heavy industry and ethnic Russians have spent generations there working in it. Since Russians were no longer dominating the various former republics as they had in Soviet days there has been growing discontent. Happened in Georgia where Putin invaded and carved off two areas that were predominantly ethnic Russian. And the Donbas is predominantly ethnic Russian. By the way most citizens of the former Soviet Union were at least bilingual. Required Russian studies in school. Met a woman in Kyrgyzstan who spoke Kyrgyz, Russian, and English. Ukrainians typically speak Ukrainian and Russian and since so many move to work in other countries quite a few know Polish, German, and English. Why don't we give the American Southwest back to Mexico? Why doesn't the U.K. give Northern Ireland back to Ireland? We could go on and on with examples but in Ukraine's case they probably don't want to lose all that heavy industry. They're already a poor country. You'll have to ask them as they don't ask me what they should do. [/QUOTE]

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