![]() This became apparent when locals staged pro-Ukraine rallies in the first weeks and months after the invasion. Hundreds of thousands have fled, but there are still many pro-Ukrainians among those who remained. Just as life in occupied Donbas has changed, so too have certain societal changes occurred in Ukraine's south and parts of Kherson and Zaporizhzhia since falling under Russian control six months ago. How many voted in favor of annexation for this reason is unclear. "These people will say they voted yes, because when Ukraine takes back control, they will have to flee, most likely to Russia," says Harmash. The Donetsk native was a member of the TrilateralContact Group tasked with implementing the Minsk agreement. ALTERED FATE TRIALSome Donbas residents supported the annexation, fearing they could face trial should Ukraine regain control, says Serhiy Harmash, editor-in-chief of Ostrow, an online news outlet. There seem to be more pro-Russian people living in Ukraine's east than in the south, though exact figures are unavailable. "For some, this will be a dream come true there are always certain parts of the population who will collaborate," says Andreas Umland of the Stockholm Centre for Eastern European Studies (SCEEUS). Those who remained behind were elderly, immobile or in support of pro-Russian separatism.Ī polling station in the self-proclaimed "Donetsk People's Republic" Since 2014, hundreds of thousands of people, mostly young men, fled the Donbas, leaving the self-proclaimed "republics" and moving either to Russia or Kyiv-controlled parts of Ukraine. While all four areas were annexed simultaneously, they differ in many ways. It is not clear how many people are living in the annexed regions of Ukraine, though they are estimated to be in their millions. ![]() ![]() Ukraine and most other countries recognize neither the "referenda" carried out in the areas, which supposedly produced overwhelming support for joining Russia, nor the subsequent annexation.īut what will happen to the millions of Ukrainians who are living in these regions? How will their lives change? Situation in Donetsk und Kherson Moscow has threatened to use all means possible - including nuclear weapons - to defend these annexed regions. After six months of Russian occupation, all four will be incorporated into the Russian Federation. Now, Putin has yet again forcefully altered Ukraine's state borders, annexing parts of Luhansk, Donetsk, Kherson, and Zaporizhzhia. In January 2016, Russian President Vladmir Putin told German tabloid Bild "to me, borders and state territories are not important, but the fate of people is." The newspaper interview focused on the Crimean peninsula, which Russia had annexed in 2014. ![]()
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