Coming from a Ukrainian, no. Your assumptions regarding the ethnicity and makeup of the Crimea are straight from Russian propaganda attempting to soften the pe

Coming from a Ukrainian, no. Your assumptions regarding the ethnicity and makeup of the Crimea are straight from Russian propaganda attempting to soften the perception of their actions. I can tell you with complete confidence we do not view the Crimea as “an outlying dependency”. It was as if Canada had crossed the border into the US and taken a state.