Weird how this Donbas includes parts that are very much pro Ukrainian. Russia doesn't leave room for neutrality on it's border. Especially not if you can't leverage another power like China or aren't willing to militarise completely.

Also I'd suggest you don't use independent. They went away from claiming that and it's not like the veneer of it in Transnistria and South-Ossetia was much better. The ethnic cleansing projects there went a lot smoother for Putin tho. Do they care so much about Armenia independence too?

And yeah let northern Ireland have it's independence if a vote goes that way imo.