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Originally Posted by Brannigans Law
I think a peaceful split of Western Ukraine and Eastern Ukraine is ideal; eastern Ukrainians are more Russian anyways. Let them have their own capital in Donetsk and be a puppet state for the Russians or go full Russia.
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It is and it isn't. The Eastern side is where the Soviets located all of the industries for the region while the western portion remains almost completely agrarian. I suspect a split would lead to the east being absorbed into Russia and the west being a very poor country with dreams of being accepted by the EU. Of course, other than the Crimea and the farthest east provinces even the "Russian" east is still primarily Ukrainian speaking and has large numbers that self-identify as Ukrainian.