related_tweet: @mikemmarchand @skynews donbas is part of ukraine but resists the kyiv govt because of the western-backed coup in 2014. they tried to join russia, but putin rejected them. 
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  crimea was historically part of russia, has a russian majority pop, and the vast majority of crimeans still support joining russia