The Donbas and the Russian Nests of It Inside Ukraine

The Crimea has been part of Russia like Massachusetts, part of the United States of America since that time. The only thing that happened was Khrushchev in 1954 for political reasons to try to solidify his position as Stalin's successor needed the support of the Ukrainian Communist Party. And Putin later joked about it and said, you know, we thought it'd be really nice if, oh, let's see how do you say it?