So, Putin's reasoning for continuing his war with Ukraine is based on

[Baitball Blogger]

Ukrainians in eastern provinces that identify with Russia and want to join Russia.

Two questions:

1) What would happen if Putin expands conscription to include these people in the war effort? Would they still have warm cockles for the war when they're forced to fight without weapons or back-up?

2) All those Russians leaving Russia is going to leave a void in Russia. Why don't the Russians who are living in the disputed lands just move back into Russia to fill that void?

[SheltieLover]

1. If they are ruskie sympathizers, gtf out of Ukraine.

Simple. Go to russia.

[yankee87]

3. Qpublicans

Time for the Putin loving Qpublican party members to help their hero. Putin. No one will stop them leaving

[SheltieLover]

5. I'd contribute to a go fund me under 2 conditions:

First, renounce US citizenship, never to return, and

One-way tickets only!

[PortTack]

11. Same!

[SheltieLover]

12. 👍

[Hermit-The-Prog]

14. Moron Traitor Greene should lead the way.

[dchill]

2. ANYONE, ANYWHERE who wants to be in Russia...

...should WHAT? That's right, move to Russia. It's big enough.

[SheltieLover]

4. Absolutely!

Those who love pootin should go there immediately, one-way!

[usonian]

6. Isn't Putin using the same strategy HERE?

Thanks to his "Supreme Comrades", we are already a nation of slave states and free states.

This sociopath AND ALL HIS LACKEYS IN THE UNITED STATES need to be stopped, and stuffed.

Into the dumpster (or the nearest river)

[Ray Bruns]

7. "I hate Illinois nazis"

[haele]

8. He's already conscripting men with Russian passports in those regions.

There have been recorded complaints by the non-Russian residents in the 'disputed' regions of Ukraine since early summer about violations of local defense service and conscription terms with the Russians.
When these 'referendums' pass, everyone that doesn't already have a Russian passport gets one, and they will forcibly conscript more local men.

Also, as has been happening throughout this war, if a Ukrainian in an occupied area doesn't have or accept a Russian passport, they risk getting shipped off to Vladivostok, and their babies and young toddlers get sent to ethnic Russians to be adopted (if they're Russian looking enough) to make up for a declining Russian birth rate.

Haele

[moondust]

9. War in Donbas since 2014.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/War_in_Donbas

Some of the local "separatists" there have been fighting since the annexation of Crimea. The Minsk agreements tried to stop the fighting there but obviously didn't hold. Russia handed out a million Russian passports to the Ukrainian separatists in 2020. The whole time I've wondered why the separatists didn't just move to Russia if that's where they want to live.

[ananda]

10. That's what I was going to say.

Let them fight (if they want to).

[Martin68]

13. In answer to question #1, I believe Russia is indeed drafting residents in the occupied territories.

As for question #2, like Ukranians in the rest of the country, the Russian-speaking Ukranians in the east don't want to leave their homes.