'I watched from afar Russia’s latest merciless assault on Severodonetsk'
www.bbc.com
Quentin Sommerville describes relentless artillery bombardment in Donbas ahead of Russian forces entering Severodonetsk.

Squirrelled in away in the article is this little gem admitting that pro Ukrainian view was never dominant, and at this point anybody who was pro Ukrainian left Donabas

Vladimir - the Ukrainian soldier - says the local population are “30% pro-Ukrainian, 30% pro-Russian and 40% don’t care”. Of course, many pro-Ukrainian residents have now fled.

This obviously means that any sort of insurgency the west is hoping for is a non starter, and a validation of Russian position that these regions were subjugated by Ukraine against the will of the people living there.

  • @chocoraisinboi
    8•2 years ago

    and those are the “good” numbers for UA. I bet in reality the numbers were way higher for pro RU, considering demographics and that whole fact that the Ukranians were killing them

    • ☆ Yσɠƚԋσʂ ☆OP
      4•2 years ago

      Notice how they never interview the regular army. It’s always national guard which are the nationalists.