I have zero knowledge of the history or geopoliticial millieu there, I know there’s obviously lots of Ukrainians who speak both languages but not sure that translates to them wanting to necessarily join Russia per se.
I have zero knowledge of the history or geopoliticial millieu there, I know there’s obviously lots of Ukrainians who speak both languages but not sure that translates to them wanting to necessarily join Russia per se.
Most Ukrainians can speak Russian. The conflict between Ukrainian speakers and Russian speakers isn’t really some sort of ethnic conflict, but actually more of a culture war between political factions. Which was escalated by Russian state media which was popular among Russian speakers. There was probably some political support for the Russian soldiers when they first overthrew local governments in 2014, but the violence in 2014, and the slaughter since the 2022 invasion has quickly evaporated any support for the Russian regime in Ukraine.
https://youtu.be/exJ024Zdzdk
So the short answer is, about as much as Americans wanted to join Nazi Germany. Definitely some people, but it has definitely lost popularity.